Question

- 6 w - 4 + 2 w = 4

what the answer

Answer 1

first combine like terms -6w and 2w giving you
-4w - 4=4
then subtract -4 in both sides giving you -4w=8
then you divide -4w on both sides giving you w= -2

Answer 2

Let's start by combining the values that are similar... we have two values with a w so we can change the equation from

-6w-4+2w=4

to

-4w-4=4

Now, we want to get w alone and in order to do this, we must first make the -4 go away.
The basic rule of doing these problems is to know that anything you do to one side (such as subtract or add a number or divide or multiply by a number) must be done to the other side as well.

In order to get rid of the -4, we want to add 4, which we will do to both sides

-4w=8

now, in order to get w alone, we must divide by -4 on both sides

w=-2