Question

5x - 8 = -6x - 10. solve for x.

Answer 1

x= -2/11 this is the answer

Answer 2

What you do is first  you add 6x to both sides  and then you problem becomes
11x - 8 = - 10 
then you'll add 8 to both sides and get
11x = - 2
So you divide by 11 on both sides because you divide whatever is on the right side of the x and get
x = -11/2