I believe that X would be -2.47619.
First you distribute the -1 in front of the parenthesis. Then distribute the 8 outside of the bracts. And finally just solve for X by combing like terms.
1) Unknown info = amount of potting soil he bought last week
2). 28=2x+4
Where x=amount of potting soil he bought last week
3). 28=2x+4
-4 -4
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24=2x
/2 /2
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X=12
4) Emmanuel bought 12 lbs of potting soil last week
I think this is right
all you need to do is:
235-123= 112
then to make sure its correct you do:
123+112= 235
Hope this has helped you. :)
