|-----4x+10=-26 |
|ANSWER= x=-9-------|
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explanation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When we have questions like this, and the x is just THROWN in there, we have to "combine our like terms."
STEP ONE ✨: "How do we do that..if one is on the other side?"
We have to make it disappear. +10-10 equals zero, right? right! So do that!
4x+10=-26
-10
But what we do to one side, we do to the other! Subtract 10 from the numbers on the equal side.
4x+10=-26
-10 -10
-26-10
4x=-36
STEP TWO : What do we do when a number has an X beside it?
Since this number is being multiplied to the x, we have to DIVIDE the 4x by 4, so we just get the x alone. It always works like this. Don't doubt yourself!!
4x=-36
/4 /4
-36/4=-9
x=-9!
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