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Solve for x, showing all your steps using inverse operations

5-4x=-19

User Ajorquera
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Answer:

x = 6

Explanation:

5 - 4x = -19

-5 -5

-4x = -24

divide both sides by -4

x = 6

to check your work- plug in 6 for x.

Hope this helps!

Also- I am not entirely sure what inverse operations is in terms of algebra but I hope what I did is right!

User Neha Shukla
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