You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is the original problem. I multiplied 4 into the 2x and then into the 5 to get 8x & 20. Then i moved the twenty over with the 52; making it -20 This is simple subtraction 52-20= 32 Then the 8 & x are multiplied so i had to divide 32 by 8 to move it Thus the answer is 4