Imagine you are teaching a fellow student how to solve:
4 + 2(x − 1) = 5x − (x + 10)
explain the process for solving this equation

Question

Imagine you are teaching a fellow student how to solve:
4 + 2(x − 1) = 5x − (x + 10)
 explain the process for solving this equation

anonymous · Answer

remember your order of operations. Do the parenthesis first.

anonymous · Answer

there, i got cho started.

anonymous · Answer

Remove the brackets both sides. That will give you
4+(2*x)-(2*1)=5x-(1*x)-(1*10)
4+2x-2=5x-x-10
When simplify
2+2x=4x-10
Now bring all terms containing x to one side.
 keeping the numbers in the other side.
2+10=4x-2x
12=2x
then divide both sides by 2
12/2=(2x)/2
6=x

rc94 · Answer

Something along the lines of:
1) Multiply out brackets
2) Collect like terms on either side
3)Collect like terms on BOTH sides combined and then you'll have the answer

anonymous · Answer

6=x is the answer?

rc94 · Answer

x=6 is correct.
To check you can just put that back into the equation to see if both sides are equal

anonymous · Answer

whoops sorry.

anonymous · Answer

its cool skay and thank you RC

anonymous · Answer

yes Pinkiepie 6 is the answer. to check you can simply plug in 6 for x and if you are correct you will get the same answer on both sides of the equation.