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Show your work: x - 2 = -8

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User SteveDJ
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You’re trying to solve for x. So the problem is telling you that (x - 2) is going to give you -8.

So an easy way to do it is just to the opposite of the equation. So since your subtracting the first way....you add

-8 + 2 = -6
X= -6
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