SOLUTION: can you please help me solve the following equation -3m+2(2+2m)=-1

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Question 692568: can you please help me solve the following equation
-3m+2(2+2m)=-1

Answer by josh_jordan(263)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The first thing you want to do in order to solve for m, is use the distributive property and multiply the 2 by everything in the parenthesis:

-3m + 2(2 + 2m) = -1 ----> -3m + 4 + 4m = -1

Next, add -3m to 4m, which gives us:

m + 4 = -1

Finally, subtract 4 from both sides of the equation, so that m is by itself on the left, and what m equals, is on the right side:

m = -1 + -4 ----> m = -5

Answer: m = -5

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