Question

4/3x - 4 = 5 + x Please help with this problem

Answer 1

`\text {Hello! To solve for x you must...}`

`\text {Simplify the Equation (KCC):}`

`\text {Keep: 4/3x}`

`\text {Change: - into +}`

`\text {Change: 4 into -4}`

`\text {Switch:}`

`\text {5+x changes into x+5}`

`\text {Your new problem should be 4/3x-4=x+5}`

`\text {The Next Step is to Subtract x:}`

`\text {4/3x-4-x=x+5-x}`

`\text {1/3-4=5}`

`\text {Next you would want to add 4}`

`\text {Q: Why would we add 4 instead of subtracting 4?}`

`\text {A: Because we need 4 to equal to 0. We will add 4 to cross out 4. So -4+4 will equal 0.}`

`\text {1/3-4+4=5+4}`

`\text {1/3x=9}`

`\text {Your Final Step will be to Multiply 3 on both sides:}`

`\text {Q: Why do we multiply 3?}`

`\text {A: Because if we multiply 1 it won't really equal to anything. So we multiply 3 to get x}`
`\text {by itself.}`

`\text 3*(1/3x)=(3)*(9)`

`\text {Note: 3 makes the fraction cancel out. So now x is by itself.}`

`\text {Your Final Answer is...}`

`\fbox {x=27}`

`\text {Best of Luck!}`

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