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8x=7-3
Subtract 3 from both sides.
8x=4
Subtract 3 from 7 to get 4.
x=\frac{4}{8}
Divide both sides by 8.
x=\frac{1}{2}
Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.