SOLUTION: -4x – 2 = -6 – 2x

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Question 52722: -4x – 2 = -6 – 2x
Answer by funmath(2873) About Me  (Show Source):
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-4x-2=-6-2x
+2x-4x-2=-6-2x+2x
(+2-4)x-2=-6+(-2+2)x
-2x-2=-6
-2x-2+2=-6+2
-2x=-4
-2x/-2=-4/-2
x=2
To check, plug your answer back into the original eqaution for x.
-4(2)-2=-6-2(2)
-8-2=-6-4
-10=-10 Yippee!!! We're right!
x=2 is the solution!