Question

Original Equation:2x = -4First Step:X = -2addition property of equalitycommutative property of additiondivision property of equalitycommutative property of multiplicationSubmit Answer

Answer 1

Since the original equation is:

`2x=-4`

To do the first step, the expression was divided by 2 on both sides of the equation.

`\begin{gathered} (2x)/(2)=-(4)/(2) \\ \end{gathered}`

which results in the indicated expression

`x=-2`

The property used here was:

division property of equality

This is because we divided both sides of the equality by the same number, which does not alter the expression.