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Solve:
2(4x + 4) = 24
X=

PLEASE HELP!!! Fast!!!

User Esteffany
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The answer is 2 because by you need to add 2 into the equation and then solve
User Tomo
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Answer:

x=2

Explanation

The First step is to distribute the '2" into the parenthesis.

thus, you have 8x + 8 = 24

now we need to get x by itself so we will subtract 8 from both sides to get 8x by itself.

we know have 8x = 16

now divide by 8 to get x

x=2

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