Question

What would be the first step you do to solve the equation below? 2x - 4 = 12 Question 1 options: Add 4 Subtract 4 Divide by 2 Multiply by 2

Answer 1

ADD 4

Explanation:

you want to get 2x by itself so you want to do opposite of -4 so you would do +4 and they cancel out, and what you do to one side you do to the other so

2x = 12 +4

2x = 16

and then you would divide the 2 on both sides so

x = 8 ... just in case you later need to know what x is :)