Question

Solve 7x + 4 = -5x - 20

Answer 1

Add 5x from both sides

Answer 2

What do you get ?

Answer 3

Lets go step by step

Answer 4

1) Subtract 4 from both sides.

\(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow 7x = -5x - 24 }\)

Add 5x to both sides.
\(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow 12x = -24 }\)

Divide both sides by 12. What do you get?

Answer 5

8

Answer 6

Nope

Answer 7

What is -24 divided by 12?

Answer 8

-2

Answer 9

Yes. That's it.