Answer/Step-by-step explanation:
- Rearrange terms
8 − 5 = 2 + 2 0 − 5 + 8 = 2 + 2 0
- Subtract 8 from both sides of the equation
- − 5 + 8 = 2 + 2 0 − 5 + 8 − 8 = 2 + 2 0 − 8
- Simplify
- Subtract the numbers
− 5 = 2 + 1 2
- Subtract 2 2x 2x from both sides of the equation
- − 5 = 2 + 1 2 − 5 − 2 = 2 + 1 2 − 2x
- Simplify
- Combine like terms
− 7 = 1 2
- Divide both sides of the equation by the same term
− 7 = 1 2 − 7 − 7 = 1 2 − 7
- Simplify Cancel terms that are in both the numerator and denominator Divide the numbers
= − 1 2 7
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