document.write( "Question 159651: Please help me solve this problem step by step. I have spent more than 3 hours between 2 days on it. I have come up with several different answers and when I do the check they never work out. (x= 2.14, x=4, x= 1.25)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5[2-(2x-4)] = 2(5-3x)
\n" ); document.write( "5[2(-2x+4)] = 2(5-3x)
\n" ); document.write( " 5(-4x+8) = 10-6x
\n" ); document.write( " -20x+40 = 10-6x
\n" ); document.write( "-20x+6x+40 = 10-6x+6x
\n" ); document.write( "-20x+6x+40 = 10
\n" ); document.write( " -14x+40 = 10
\n" ); document.write( "-14x+40-40 = 10-40
\n" ); document.write( " -14x = -30\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " x=2.14 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I have done it several different ways. If you could help I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Paula Roberts \n" ); document.write( "
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Please help me solve this problem step by step. I have spent more than 3 hours between 2 days on it. I have come up with several different answers and when I do the check they never work out. (x= 2.14, x=4, x= 1.25)
\n" ); document.write( "5[2-(2x-4)] = 2(5-3x)
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\n" ); document.write( "There's a lot of stuff here, I'll assume this is the problem, and that you want to solve for x. You didn't say.
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\n" ); document.write( "5[2-(2x-4)] = 2(5-3x)
\n" ); document.write( "5[2-2x +4] = 10 - 6x
\n" ); document.write( "5[6 - 2x] = 10 - 6x
\n" ); document.write( "30 - 10x = 10 - 6x
\n" ); document.write( "20 - 10x = -6x
\n" ); document.write( "20 = 4x
\n" ); document.write( "x = 5
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