Prealgebra (7th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 3 - Review - Page 204: 26

Answer

$x=-8$

Work Step by Step

$17x=2(8x-4)$ $\longrightarrow$distributive property $17x=16x-8$ $\longrightarrow$addition property $17x-16x=16x-8-16x$ $\longrightarrow$combine like terms $x=-8$
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