Question

-5x - 5 = -4x + 4. What is x?

Answer 1

\[-5x-5=-4x+4\] right?

Answer 2

Yep

Answer 3

takes exactly two steps
a) add \(5x\) to both sides
b) subtract \(4\) from both sides

Answer 4

clear or no?

Answer 5

No, sorry

Answer 6

on the left you have \(-5x\) yes?

Answer 7

Yeah

Answer 8

so lets get rid of it by adding \(5x\) to both sides
it will be gone from the left side because \(-5x+5x=0\)

Answer 9

So the right side has to equal 0 right

Answer 10

So would it be 1?

Answer 11

it would be \(x\)
lets go slow

Answer 12

\[-5x-5=-4x+4\] add \(x\) to both sides get
\[-5x+5x-5=5x-4x+4\]
that gives
\[-5=x+4\] because \(5x-4x=x\)

Answer 13

i meant "add \(5x\) to both sides"

Answer 14

now that you have
\[-5=x+4\] you and solve for \(x\) by subtracting \(4\) from both sides to get \(x\) by itself

Answer 15

So would it be -9 = x ?

Answer 16

yes it would

Answer 17

Thanks so much

Answer 18

yw