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Can you solve this problem?
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-(6k-5) - (5k+8)=-3
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4 Answers
- 1 decade ago
u just expand the brackets and put the terms with k to one side and the numerical values on the other.. k= 0. --5 -8 = -3
-6k+5 - 5k-8=-3
-11k = -3+8-5
-11k = 0
k=0
is this question suppose to be a prank or something ?
- NeedtoknowLv 41 decade ago
-(6k-5) - (5k+8)=-3
the minus signs on the outside mean to take the opposite of the inside
-6k + 5 - 5k - 8 = -3
-11k - 3 = -3
-11k = 0
k = 0
hope this helps !
- Bob BLv 71 decade ago
-(6k-5) - (5k+8)=-3
First, apply the minus sign on the first term to the contents of it:
-6k - (-5)
Next, apply the minus sign to the second term:
-5k - (+8)
Combine the two terms:
[sorry, my mistake - should be -3 on the right]
-6k - (-5) - 5k - (+8) = -3
Simplify:
-6k + 5 - 5k - 8 = -3
Combine like terms:
-11k - 3 = -3
Add 3 to both sides:
-11k = 0
Finally, divide by -11:
k = 0
