SOLUTION: My instructions are simply to "solve" the equation is 3x-(5-4x)=2(4x+2)+1 I've tried doing it and I stopped once I got -5=x+6 it didn't seem right, so I didn't finish it.

SOLUTION: My instructions are simply to "solve" the equation is 3x-(5-4x)=2(4x+2)+1 I've tried doing it and I stopped once I got -5=x+6 it didn't seem right, so I didn't finish it.

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Question 428228: My instructions are simply to "solve" the equation is 3x-(5-4x)=2(4x+2)+1

I've tried doing it and I stopped once I got -5=x+6 it didn't seem right, so I didn't finish it.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Now subtract from both sides

Subtract from both sides. This is the same
as adding a to both sides
answer
You can do a check by plugging this back
into original equation:

Now work from the inside of the parentheses outward

OK
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