Answer:
x = -4
Explanation:
2(-2x - 4) + 6 = 5 - 3(x+1)
Distribute the numbers outside the parenthesis to the numbers inside the parenthesis. You should have this equation:
-4x - 8 + 6 = 5 - 3x -3
Combine like terms:
-4x - 2 = 2 - 3x
Add a positive 3x to both sides to have the variable x on one side only.
-4x - 2 = 2 - 3x
+3x +3x
-x - 2 = 2
Add two to both sides to isolate the variable, x.
-x - 2 = 2
+2 +2
-x = 4
Divide both sides by -1 to leave x by itself.
-x = 4
-1 -1
x = -4
The final answer should be x = -4.