You distribute the 2 into the parenthesis, so 2•5x=10x and 2•4=8. So now you have 10x+8=8. You want to get the x alone so you have to bring the 8 on the left side to the ride and you do that by subtracting 8 in both sides. So 10x+8(-8)=8(-8). That turns into 10x=0 because 8-8=0. and now you want to leave the x alone so you divide by 10 so 10x/10=0/10 and so the 10x/10=x and 0 divided by anything is zero. Therefore, x=0
