Answer:
6x + 2 ( x - 4) = 8 + 4 ( x + 2)
6x + 2x - 8 = 8 + 4x + 8
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6x + 2x - 4x = 8 +8 - 8
8x - 4x = 8
4x = 8
x = 8/4
x = 2
So you want to solve for x?
It would be nice if this would easily factor:
(-4x + 5)(2x +1) = 0 This will not work!
So you need to use the quadratic formula:
a = -8, b = 4, c = 5

x = (-4 +/-

)/2(-8)
= (-4 +/-

)/-16
= (-4 +

)/-16
= 1/4 -

/4
28/4=7 Therefore 1/4 of 28 is 7
The greatest common factor of 64 and 96 is 32, so, the first step after finding the great common factor is convert and rewrite "64 + 96" into distributive property.
You should get 32(2 + 3)