Why do I need 6 electrons on the left side when balancing this redox reaction?

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I'm not really sure exactly if I'm doing these correctly but what stopped was the choice of adding 6 electrons to the left side..

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This is what I did:

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This is their answer:

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I'm doing something wrong and I don't know why my answer is so different then theirs.
 
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