4x= 124
divide both sides by 4 to get x by itself
4x/4= 124/4
Cross out 4 and 4, divide by 4 and then becomes 1*1*x= x
124/4
12/4= 3
4/4= 1
Answer: x= 31
Answer:
Decreased by 20%.
16 lbs is 80% of 20 lbs.
Step-by-step explanation:

y × 20 = 16 × 100
20y = 1600
20y ÷ 20 = 1600 ÷ 20
y = 80
100% - 80% = 20%
So basically you want to isolate only one of the variable on one side so
y=-9+x^2
add 9 to both sides
y+9=x^2
square root both sides

x=
Step-by-step explanation:
512+18=530
423+12=435
5421+14=5435
6324+32=6356
7985+23=8008