Question

2/4 (x- 12)=-4
Is the answer 8?

Answer 1

the answer is 4

Answer 2

What did I do wrong? :/

Answer 3

How did you go about solving it?

Answer 4

2/4x-8=-4 then i did: 2/4/ 2/4 and -4/24 and divided.

Answer 5

2/4=1/2 by simplifying.
1/2*12=6
6+-4=2
2/1/2=2*2/1=4

Answer 6

2/4 * 12 is not -8

Answer 7

\[2/4 (x- 12) \rightarrow \frac{2}{4}x - \frac{2*12}{4} \rightarrow \frac{2}{4} - \frac{24}{4}\]

Answer 8

Reducing your 24/4 is where you went wrong.

Answer 9

but 2/4 is 1/2 and 1/2*12=6

Answer 10

@mew55 Your are correct, @Ano23oe reduced 2/4 * -12 down to -8, that is what I was referencing.

Answer 11

Wait so then how does 24/4 reduce down to 4?

Answer 12

@Ano23oe it doesn't. It reduces down to -6, so you end up with 2/4x-6=-4 and when you solve for x you get 4.

Answer 13

when u get 2/4, it is easier for u to simplify to 1/2

Answer 14

Ok... This is kind of hard, but I'm going to practice it more thanks! Do you guys mind making up some problems for me to solve?

Answer 15

1.) 7 + 3x - 2x = 6





2.) 7 + 7x + 4x = 62





3.) 7x - 1 + 4x = -1





4.) - 47 = x + 6x + 9





5.) 2 + 6x - 4x = 20





6.) 3x + 9 + 5x = 49





7.) 44 = 6x - x - 6





8.) - 6x + 4 - 2x = - 60





9.) x + 2 - 5x = - 30





10.) 6x - 3 - 2x = 29





11.) 4 + x + 7x = - 44





12.) 62 = 7x + 2x - 1





13.) x - 1 + x = 15





14.) 102 = - 7x - 3x + 2





15.) - 4x - 6 + 7x = 9





16.) 5 = 5x + 3x - 3





17.) 40 = 4x + 3x - 2





18.) 2 + 4x + 4x = 98





19.) - 4x + 2 - x = 7





20.) 2x + 8 + 5x = - 55





21.) - 4x - 3 - 5x = - 3





22.) - 4 + x + 4x = 1





23.) - 6x + 4 + 2x = - 12





24.) 0 = x + x + 10





25.) 7x - 4 + 7x = - 32





26.) 7( - 2x + 7) = - 7





27.) 2(6x + 4) = 152





28.) 4(2x + 10) = 112





29.) - 7(3 - 6x) = 483





30.) 5(2 + 7x) = 115





31.) 3(5x - 5) = 60





32.) 3(7x + 8) = 192





33.) - 2( - 2 + 2x) = - 16





34.) 2( - 4x + 4) = - 48





35.) - 3(1x + 7) = - 24





36.) 7( - 2 + x) = - 42





37.) 5( - 8 + 6x) = 20





38.) 2(5 - 6x) = 10





39.) 3(5x + 6) = 18





40.) - 6( - 9 + 5x) = - 66





41.) 2(-1x - 3) = - 24





42.) 4(1 + 7x) = 116





43.) - 7(7 - 2x) = - 91





44.) 7( - 4 - x) = - 84





45.) - 2(5x + 10) = - 90





46.) 3( - 4x - 5) = - 27





47.) 5(6 - 4x) = - 130





48.) 6(1x + 6) = 66





49.) 3(8 + 5x) = 99





50.) - 2( - 7x - 5) = - 88

Answer 16

All you could ever want. http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm