Given data:
The given expression is 2(x/8+3)=7+1/4x.
The given expression can be written as,
2(x/8)+2(3)=7+1/4x
x/4+6=7+1/4x
x/4-1/4x=7-6
x/4-1/4x=1
x^(2)-1=4x
x^(2)-4x-1=0
Thus, the final expression is x^(2)-4x-1=0 after applying distributve property on left side.