Question

PLEASE HELP For what value of the variable will the value of 2x+1 be 20 greater than 8x+5?

Answer 1

It will be a negative.

for an example: -20 for x would mqke 2x + 1 into -39 and 8x + 5 into -155. that's 116 apart, so maybe -2(8) + 5 = -11

-2(2) + 1 = -3

but that's only 8 apart, so it'd be higher.

-4(2) + 1 = -7

-4(8) + 5 = -27

BOOM

Tadaaaa,

You probably thought positive, but sometimes it's negative, you know what I mean?