You would first have to simplify the right hand side so it should look like this "6x-8=9x+1" Then you would have to move all of the terms containing x to the left hand side of the equation so it should look like this now "-3x-8=1" Now after that you would have to move all of the terms not containing x to the roght hand side of the equation so it should look like this now "-3x=9" Now you have to divide each term in -3x=9 by -3 to completely eliminate the fractions. So the answer should turn out as this "x= -3
