How do you solve $-51= 5+ 8x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-28T02:18:23

See a solution process below:

Step 1) Subtract $color(red)(5)$ from each side of the equation to isolate the $x$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$-color(red)(5) - 51 = -color(red)(5) + 5 + 8x$

$-56 = 0 + 8x$

$-56 = 8x$

Step 2) Divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(8)$ to solve for $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$-56/color(red)(8) = (8x)/color(red)(8)$

$-7 = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(8)))x)/cancel(color(red)(8))$

$-7 = x$

$x = -7$

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