SOLUTION: 5(x+1)-4(x+2)=-8 Any chance you could help me here Please show steps of working out for me.

Question 849364: 5(x+1)-4(x+2)=-8
Any chance you could help me here Please show steps of working out for me.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Wherever you have parentheses, always do
the work inside the parentheses first.
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If you have parentheses within parentheses,
work from the inside out.
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There is nothing to do inside these parentheses
since they are in the simplest form possible.
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Use the distributive law to get rid of the parentheses

Combine like terms. x's with x's and constants with constants

Add to both sides

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To check the answer, plug it back into original equation

As I said, work inside the parentheses first

Note that a minus times a minus is a plus

OK

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