Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's FOIL out both sides and then see where we are after that:
Let's combine like terms now and get everything on one side of the equals sign and set the polynomial equal to 0 to solve for x:
0 = 8x - 4 and we can factor out a 4 to give us:
0 = 4(2x - 1)
Either 4 = 0 or 2x - 1 = 0. Well it's obvious that 4 does not equal 0, so 2x-1 must equal 0. Then
2x = 1 so
x = 1/2 or choice A on the left.