Answer: x=-6
Steps
distribute
2-3(x+4)=8
2-3x-12=8
Subtract the numbers
2-3x-12=8
-10-3x=8
Rearrange terms
-10-3x=8
-3x-10=8
Add ten to both sides
-3x-10=8
-3x-10+10=8+10
Simplify
(add the numbers)
-3x=18
Divide both sides by the same factor
-3x=10
(Write this part in a fraction)
-3x/-3 = 18/-3
Last step simplify
Cancel terms that are in both the numerator and denominator
Divide the numbers
X=18/-3 (18 over -3 write it as a fraction)
So that leaves your answer to
X=-6