Question

Solve: –4(2x – 1) = –6(x + 2) – 2

Answer 1

the first thing, would be to multiply, the number outside each parenthesis, to the inside, using the distributive property.
-4(2x - 1) = -6(x + 2) - 2
-4(2x) -4(-1) = -6(x) -6(2) - 2
-8x + 4 = -6x - 12 - 2
-8x + 4 = -6x - 14
then we rearrange it so the common ones can be together
4 = -6x + 8x - 14
4 = 2x - 14
4 + 14 = 2x
18 = 2x
then we pass the two, by dividing since it was multiplying
18/2 = x
9 =x
x = 9, that would be your answer