Answer:x=-36
Explanation:
First step: Simplify both sides of the equation by
x=1 ,so you put 1/8 and move x to the side like this 1/8x
Now you got 1/8x+1/2=-4
Step 2: Subtract 1/2 to both sides because it's the smallest constant/number
1/2-1/2=0 and -4-1/2=-9/2
-4 subtracted from 1/2 ,you put a 1 under -4, it would be like this -4/1 subtracted from 1/2
I do the butter-fly method which would be -4*2-1*1 because when you put the fractions like this -4/1-1/2 on paper then you would see why
and you multiply the denominators(bottom), so 1*2=2,and -8-1 equals -9 because -8 is larger than postive 1.
so now we have -9/2
Last step is to multiply by 8 on both sides to get rid of the 8 on the other side(left side) so x will be alone,so 8*-9/2=-36
First you will get -72/2 when you divide it you get -36