Question

Which two operations would you use to solve the equation x/4 + 8 = 22?

add and divide

subtract and divide

add and multiply

subtract and multiply

Answer 1

When you see an equation like this, you want to isolate the variable.

In order to do this, you can think of performing opposite operations.

The variable is divided by 4 and then 8 is added.

What is the opposite of adding 8?

What is the opposite of dividing by 4?

The answer to those two questions is the answer to your question.

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Answer 3

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Answer 5

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Answer 8

which is add and multiply right?

Answer 9

Opposite.

Answer 10

You need to "undo" the addition and division.

Answer 11

add and divde

Answer 12

The multiply is correct.

What is the opposite of adding something?

Answer 13

What is the opposite of adding something?

Answer 14

Subtracting

Answer 15

Yes, so you would subtract 8 and then multiply by 4.

This would leave the x by itself, so you have effectively solved for x.

Answer 16

(x/4) - 8 + 8 =22 - 8
(x/4) = 14
(x/4) * 4 = 14*4
x = 56