5(2x+6)=8x+485(2x+6)=8x+48

1
Expand.
10x+30=8x+4810x+30=8x+48

2
Subtract 3030 from both sides.
10x=8x+483010x=8x+48-30

3
Simplify  8x+48308x+48-30  to  8x+188x+18.
10x=8x+1810x=8x+18

4
Subtract 8x8x from both sides.
10x8x=1810x-8x=18

5
Simplify  10x8x10x-8x  to  2x2x.
2x=182x=18

6
Divide both sides by 22.
x=182x=\frac{18}{2}

7
Simplify  182\frac{18}{2}  to  99.
x=9x=9

Done

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