Question

4(x + 1) = −12

Answer 1

4x + 5 = -12
what happens next?

Answer 2

-4

Answer 3

4(x+1)=-12

Divide each term in the equation by 4.
x+1=-3

Move all terms not containing x to the right-hand side of the equation.
x=-4

Answer 4

i get positive 16 by getting x by itself

Answer 5

So you have 4(x+1)=-12. What you are going to do is use the distributive property and multiply x by 4 and multiply 1 by 4. Once you do that you are going to have 4x+4=-12. To isolate the x value, the first thing we must do is cancel 4 out of the left side of the equation. Subtract 4 on both sides to do this. Your equation is now 4x=-16. To solve for x, divide by 4 on both sides. You now have your answer, x=-4.