Answer:
-9.88.
Explanation:
1. Write it out.
4.25-x=14.13
2. Make it a bit easier to read.
4.25-x=14.13 is also the same thing as... -x+4.25=14.13. Now it's easier to tell that 4.25 is positive.
3. Isolate x and get it by itself.
Since we have a number on x's side, we have to move it to the other side. The opposite of addition is subtraction, so we subtract 4.25 by both sides!
-x+4.25=14.13
-4.25 -4.25
-x=9.88
Technically, x can't really be negative, so we can just divide by negative one on each side to get rid of the negative x.
-x=9.88
/-1 /-1
x=-9.88
That's finally the answer and sorry if the explanation took forever! Hope you understand :)