Question

Stuck on this
4x+5x-2=-2(8-x) x=

Answer 1

Answer: x = -2.

X is negative 2.

Answer 2

Solving an equation with variables on both sides:

• Isolate for the variable - get the variables together on one side of the equation and get integers on the other side of the equation
• use inverse operations to do so

1. expand to get rid of the parenthesis

`4x+5x-2=-16+2x`

2. combine like terms

`9x-2=-16+2x`

3. use inverse operations to get variable terms on one side and the integer term on the other side

`9x-2x-2+2=-16+2x-2x+2`

• moving -2 and +2x we need to add and subtract them from their respective sides of the equation

4. combine like terms

`7x=-14`

5. isolate for x

`x=(-14)/(7)`

x=
`x=-2`