Question

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Jamaya is solving a riddle in order to find a mystery number. She knows the number is negative, and that the sum of 1/4 of the number and 2 is equal to the sum of 1/2 of the number and 4. What is the mystery number?

Answer 1

x = -4

Explanation:

let x equal the number

so

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

-1/4x + 2 = -1/2x + 4

+1/2x +1/2x

1/2x + 2 = 4

-2 -2

1/2x = 2

x = -4

Answer 2

Answer: x=-8

Explanation:

1/4x+2=2x+16

Multiply by four to get rid of the fractions

X+8=2x+16

Combine like terms

-x=8

x=-8