How do you solve $-5x-6+144$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-17T09:00:22

Using the word 'solve' implies determining the value of $x$ . This you can not do as there is no equals sign. You can simplify it to

$-5x+(144-6) color(white)("ddd") ->color(white)("ddd")-5x+138$

as above

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