Question

8x + 2 – 6 = 4x +8 +3x

Answer 1

The first step is to combine like terms. So u would do 2-6. You then get -4 then u just bring everything else down. So now u should have this :

8x -4 = 4x + 8 + 3x

Now you do the same thing to the other side. U combine like terms which in this case are 4x and 3x. So u just do 4+3 which is 7 so now u have 7x. So now ur equation would be:

8x -4 = 7x +8

Now u do the inverse of 7 which would be -7 and u do that on both sides. So it would look like this :

8x -4 = 7x + 8
-7x. -7x

So now 7 and -7 cancel each other other and 8 -7 is 1 so now u have one x. So ur equation would now look like this:

1x -4 = 8

Now u do the inverse of negative 4 which is +4. So you would add 4 on both sides on both sides. Like shown:

1x -4 = 8
+4 +4

So u just add 8 + 4 which is 12. Now since anything times 1 is itself ur answer will be X=12


Hope this helped