First you take 4 and times it to x and -1, so 4 times x will just be 4x while 4 times -1 will be -4. Then it will look like this (4x - 4), you will have to make the x by itself and to do that is dividing it by 4 on both sides, so 4x/4= x while -4/4= -1. The answer is x= -1
