Question

What is the solution to the equation 3x - 2 = 2(2x - 1/2)?

ALGEBRA 1

Answer 1

First, you distribute 2(2x-1/2)

2(2x) and 2(-1/2)

Now, you have 3x-2=4x-1

Then, you move 2 to the right side by adding so you can cancel it out.

Then, you move 4x to the left side by doing the same thing with 2

Now, divide both sides by -1

The answer is C, z= -1.

3x-2=2(2x-1/2)

3x-2=4x-1

3x=4x+1

-x=1

-x/-1 = 1/-1

= x=-1