We start by opening the brackets;
-4 (x-1) = -4x + 4
So ; -4x + 4 = -2x + 10
We now need to collect like terms to same side;
-4x + 2x = 10 - 4
-2x = 6
divide both sides by -2
-2x/-2 = 6/-2
x = -3
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