Question

1/3 (2x − 8) = 4

Answer 1

Multiply everything by 3. What do you get?

Answer 2

what?

Answer 3

Multiply everything out by 3:
\[3*\frac{1}{3}(2x-8)=3*4\]

Answer 4

What do you get when you simplify that?

Answer 5

wat

Answer 6

Well multiply it out. What do you get? What's \[3*\frac{1}{3}?\]

Answer 7

1

Answer 8

Okay how about \[3*4\]?

Answer 9

12

Answer 10

So what is: \[3*\frac{1}{3}(2x-8)=3*4\] when simplified?

Answer 11

idk

Answer 12

Well you just answered me, it becomes:
\[2x-8=12\]

Answer 13

Now add 8 to both sides and then divide both sides by 2:
\[2x-8+8=12+8\]\[2x=20\]\[x=10\]

Answer 14

thxx