Question

-4x - 16 / -4... AKA(-4x - 16 OVER -4)

Answer 1

Are you trying to simplify? Solve for x? Or what?

Answer 2

Use the distributive property to simplify the expression

Answer 3

Use the distributive property??? Hm..

Answer 4

exactly

Answer 5

There's nothing to distribute here.

Answer 6

The answer choices are x-16, -4x+4, x+4, x-4

Answer 7

-4x - 16

-4*x - 4*4

-4(x + 4) ... using the distributive property (you can think of it in reverse if you want to)

Answer 8

so the problem i would need to calculate is -4(x+4)?

Answer 9

now you have

-4(x+4)
--------
-4

Answer 10

So it's just x+4?? Thats what I said earlier :PP

Answer 11

yeah it's x+4 because the -4 terms cancel

Answer 12

I knew it -_- Haha

Answer 13

thanks guys! i got the same thing haha just did it on my scrap paper.

Answer 14

Np. Jim's a genius sooo.