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48-5x-25x=8
Subtract 25x from both sides.
48-30x=8
Combine -5x and -25x to get -30x.
-30x=8-48
Subtract 48 from both sides.
-30x=-40
Subtract 48 from 8 to get -40.
x=\frac{-40}{-30}
Divide both sides by -30.
x=\frac{4}{3}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-40}{-30} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -10.