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-3x+10-5x=-8
Subtract 5x from both sides.
-8x+10=-8
Combine -3x and -5x to get -8x.
-8x=-8-10
Subtract 10 from both sides.
-8x=-18
Subtract 10 from -8 to get -18.
x=\frac{-18}{-8}
Divide both sides by -8.
x=\frac{9}{4}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-18}{-8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -2.