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Help me with this math problem

Help me with this math problem-example-1
User Krzymar
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Answer:

He forgot to divide 12 by 4.

Explanation:

1/4(x + 12) = 2

1/4(x) + 1/4(12) = 2

x/4 + 12/4 = 2

x/4 + 3 = 2

x/4 = -1

x = -1/4

User Aya Salama
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Answer:

The mistake he made was not distributing the 1/4 to all the terms in the parentheses. It should've instead become 1/4x + 3, which would then lead to a different answer

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