Question

Solve for x: (x+4)
---- = 2.
3
x = −2
x = 2
x = 2/3
x =-10/3

Answer 1

Hmm, something didn't copy/paste correctly. :o

Answer 2

I edited it

Answer 3

The start is still messed up :\

Solve for x:
=2

what is on the left side of that equals?

Answer 4

I edited it again

Answer 5

\[\large\rm \frac{x+4}{3}=2\]like this?

Answer 6

yeah

Answer 7

x has a bunch of stuff being applied to it,
something dividing it, something adding to it.

To solve for x, we need to "undo" all these operations by applying their inverse.
We'll start by undoing the divide by 3, by multiplying both sides by 3,\[\large\rm \color{royalblue}{3}\cdot\frac{x+4}{3}=2\cdot\color{royalblue}{3}\]The multiply by 3 and divide by 3 cancel out on the left side of the equation,\[\large\rm \cancel{\color{royalblue}{3}}\cdot\frac{x+4}{\cancel{3}}=2\cdot\color{royalblue}{3}\]And multiplying out the right side gives us,\[\large\rm x+4=6\]

Answer 8

Understand all of that?
Think you can handle the next step?

Undo the addition using subtraction.

Answer 9

little

Answer 10

Subtract 4 from each side,\[\large\rm x+4\color{red}{-4}=6\color{red}{-4}\]\[\large\rm x\cancel{+4}\cancel{\color{red}{-4}}=6\color{red}{-4}\]\[\large\rm x=6\color{red}{-4}\]

Answer 11

ok