You would do the parenthesis first and then outside the parenthesis and for the second one you multiply -3 by the answer for the parenthesis
6x = -12
6x/6 = -12/6
x = -2
Answer:
x = -3
Step-by-step explanation:
-8x - 18 + 7 + 2x = 5 - 3x - 4 + x
-8x + 2x + 3x - x = 18 - 7 + 5 -4
-4x = 12
x = -3