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-78=-142-a
We move all terms to the left:
-78-(-142-a)=0
We add all the numbers together, and all the variables
-(-1a-142)-78=0
We get rid of parentheses
1a+142-78=0
We add all the numbers together, and all the variables
a+64=0
We move all terms containing a to the left, all other terms to the right
a=-64
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