Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Ok, so remember your order of operations here.
Also, Remember that what we do to one side, we must do to the other side.
We cant solve whats in the parentheses, so that wont come first. The next best thing is the multipication of 0.8 in front of it:
0.8x(2x-4)
=
1.6x-3.2
Now lets rewrite the equation as:
1.6x-3.2=16
Now lets simply solve the rest:
1.6x=19.2
All I did is add 3.2 to both sides so I could get 1.6x on its own.
What is left is just dividing 1.6x to get 1x:
1.6x/1.6=19.2/1.6
This gets us:
x=12
This is because we divided 1.6 from both sides so that 1.6x became just x.
Answer:
<u>12</u>
Hope this helps!
