Expand the left hand side of the equation first. this is easy since two thirds of six is four and two thirds or thirty is twenty. 4x + 20 = x + 5(x+4) - 2x expand the right hand side : 4x + 20 = x + 5x + 20 -2x
Collect up all the x terms on the right hand side: 4x + 20 = x + 5x - 2x + 20 So the total number of "x" 's on the right hand side is 1 + 5 -2 = 4 4x + 20 = 4x + 20 Hey ! look at that ! you've got the same thing on both sides of the equation ! this means that it doesn't matter what value x is, the equation works for ALL values of x . ( ANSWER)
