8^2+2x=11x+4^3 I am lost on how to solve I end up 9x but I can not solve
Let's simplify it:
8^2+2x=11x+4^3
64+2x=11x+64
-64 -64
2x=11x
-2x -2x
0=9x
9 9
0=x
However, you could
just stop at 2x=11x, because there is only one number that works for any equation where Ax=Bx, and that number is always 0.