SOLUTION: please help me with this multi step equation and show work -8= -(x+4)

Question 235619: please help me with this multi step equation and show work -8= -(x+4)
Found 2 solutions by rfer, JenniferTutors:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-8=-(x+4)
-8=-x-4
-4=-x
multiply through by -1
x=4
Answer by JenniferTutors(83) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For this problem:

First you would multiply the negative sign into the parenthesis:

Next, you want to get x by itself, so you would add the four to the right side of the equation:

When you have a negative variable, divide by a negative 1 (the variable is considered 1) to make the variable positive:

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