What is the first step in solving the equation 4x + 2y = 5 for x?
A.
Subtract 2y from both sides of the equation.
B.
Divide both sides of the equation by 5.
C.
Divide both sides of the equation by 4.
D.
Subtract 5 from both sides of the equation.

Question

What is the first step in solving the equation 4x + 2y = 5 for x?
A.
Subtract 2y from both sides of the equation.
B.
Divide both sides of the equation by 5.
C.
Divide both sides of the equation by 4.
D.
Subtract 5 from both sides of the equation.

anonymous · Answer

where are you stuck at or are you looking to check your answer?

snowfire · Answer

You want to get all x terms by themselves on one side to solve for it. There is only one x term (4x), so what do you want to do first to accomplish that?

jigglypuff314 · Answer

to solve for x, you want the x value on one side alone
in 4x + 2y = 5     then 2y is crowding the x
so the first step would be to move the 2y to get x by itself