Instead of doing it for you, I'll do one exactly like it so
you can use what I do as a model, and do yours step by step
exactly as I did:
-3x-(x-2)+14 = 0
To get rid of the parentheses in the -(x-2), since it is preceded
by a - sign we change the sign before the x and the 2 and get -x+2.
So the above becomes:
-3x-x+2+14 = 0
Now we combine -3x-x considering it to be -3x-1x and get -4x
We also combine +2+14 and get +16, so we have
-4x+16 = 0
Now we want only the -4x on the left side so we add -16 to both sides:
-4x+16 = 0
-16 -16
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-4x = -16
Now we want just x on the left side, so we divide both sides by the
coefficient of x which is -4:
x = 4
Now do yours the same way.
Edwin
