Question

Solve -2(2x + 5) - 3 = -3(x - 1)

16
-16
-10
-13
I'm not sure if it's 16 or -16. I solved it twice and got both of those answers. Please help Immediately

Answer 1

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distribute so -4x - 10 - 3 = -3x + 3
add like terms -4x - 13 = -3x + 3
add 4x to both sides -13 = -3x + 4x + 3
subtract 3 from both sides -13 - 3 = x
x = -13 - 3 = ?

Answer 2

Instead of adding 4x to both sides, I added 3x to both sides. Then I got -x - 13 = 3. The I added 13 to each side and got -x = 16. So my final answer would be x = -16, right?

Answer 3

correct! :)

Answer 4

Thank you!

Answer 5

Glad I was able to help ^_^