Question

Solve for x:
2x - 4 = 6x + 8
pls help

Answer 1

try to move all like terms to left side so first we move 6x to left hand side
by subtracting 6x from both side 2x - 6x - 4 = 6x - 6x + 8
so we will get -4x - 4 = 8 now we get rid -4 from left side by adding
4 to both side -4x-4 + 4 = 8 + 4 so we will get -4x = 12
now to get rid of -4from left side we divide both sides by -4
so -4x/-4 = 12/-4 ==> x = -3