Question

What is the solution for the equation 6x − 8 = 4x? x = . (Input whole number only). (5 points)

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Answer 1

6x - 8 = 4x

To solve for x, we have to get it all by itself on one side.

What do you get if you subtract 6x on both sides?

Answer 2

0 for the left and -1 for the other

Answer 3

No

Answer 4

What is 6x - 6x = ?

What is 4x - 6x = ?

Answer 5

x

Answer 6

No

Answer 7

or is it 12x

Answer 8

idk how to to do this

Answer 9

Imagine the 'x' as an apple

You have 6 apples. You take away 6 apples. How many apples do you have left?

Answer 10

none

Answer 11

Exactly, so

6x - 6x = 0

0x is the same thing as 0
zero is 0 is zero

Answer 12

Now if you have 4 apples and you give away 6, how many are you left with?

Now you're dealing with negative numbers here

Answer 13

thats what i said in the beginning i said 0 u said "no"

Answer 14

No... it's not the same

When you initially said 0, it makes no sense because there's still a -8 on the left hand side of the equal sign

Answer 15

ohhh

Answer 16

Can you tell me what 4x - 6x equals?

Answer 17

-24

Answer 18

We are not multiplying the numbers...

Also don't forget that there should be an 'x' somewhere

Answer 19

You need to subtract the numbers

Answer 20

ok

Answer 21

and?

Answer 22

if you don't know how to subtract 6 from 4...

use a calculator

Answer 23

-2x

Answer 24

Yes

Answer 25

6x - 8 = 4x

We subtracted 6x from both sides

6x - 8 - 6 = 4x - 6x

Simplifying it now

-8 = -2x

We need to do one last thing to get 'x' all by itelf.

Since we're multiplying the x by -2, to isolate the 'x' we need to do the opposite of multiplication.

We need to divide it by -2.

What happens when you divide both sides by -2?

-8 = -2x

Answer 26

What is -8 / -2 = ?

Answer 27

= 4?

Answer 28

The negatives cancel out so essentially you're left with 8/2 = ?

Answer 29

That is your answer!

Answer 30

x = 4

Answer 31

thank u so much im not that good in math but at least u helped me through it :)

Answer 32

It was my pleasure :)