Question

14 - (2x + 6) = -3(4 + 2x) - 8

Answer 1

Hi again!
You use the distributive property on this one too, for -3(4+2x)
Multiply -3 into both of those numbers in the parentheses first

Answer 2

-12+-6x

Answer 3

Yes, and remember that when adding a negative number, you can turn + -6x into - 6x.
So now we have 14 - (2x - 6) = 12 - 6x
We don't use the distributive property for the left side, so you can take out the parentheses. Now, we have to isolate the variable x on one side of the equal sign. You want to get 2x by itself instead of 6x, because we already know 2 can be evenly divided into 6.

Answer 4

14 is positive, so you would need to subtract that from both sides. -6 is negative, so you would add 6 to both sides. Let me know what you get

Answer 5

do i add the 6 under the 14?

Answer 6

What do you mean? Well, you can either do the subtraction and addition separately, or take the -14 and +6 and put them together, so you just subtract 8 from the right side. Does that answer your question?

Answer 7

thats what im asking i hope thats a good enough drawing for you to get lol