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Combining Like Terms -4x - 2 + 5x = -4 I know the answer is -2 but I don’t know how to get -2
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Combining Like Terms

-4x - 2 + 5x = -4
I know the answer is -2 but I don’t know how to get -2

User Vojto
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combine the -4x and the 5x
x-2=-4
+2. +2
x=-2

hope this helps!
User CzarMatt
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You have to combine the -4x+5x first
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