Question 970153: in algebra can i have a example how to solve -5(2-w)=10
Found 2 solutions by josh_jordan, ankor@dixie-net.com:
Answer by josh_jordan(263)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are two ways to solve -5(2 - w) = 10. For each way, the goal is to get w by itself on one side of the equal sign.
Way #1:
First, divide both sides of the equal sign by -5:
This will give us:
2 - w = -2
Next, subtract 2 from both sides:
2 - w - 2 = -2 - 2
This will give us:
-w = -4
Finally, divide both sides by -1, so that our w will not have a negative sign in front of it:
This will give us our final answer, which is
w = 4
Way #2:
Using the distributive property, we can multiply -5 by everything inside the parenthesis on the left side of our equation, which will give us
-10 + 5w = 10
Next, we can add 10 to both sides of the equation:
-10 + 5w + 10 = 10 + 10
This will give us
5w = 20
Finally, we can divide both sides of the equation by 5:
Giving us
w = 4
Either way will give you the correct answer of w = 4
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! solve -5(2-w)=10
distribute the -5
-10 + 5x = 10
add 10 to both sides
5x = 10 + 10
5x = 20
divide both sides by 5
x = 20/5
x = 4
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Check the solution in the original equation, replace x with 4
-5(2 - 4) = 10
-5(-2) = 10
10 = 10, equality reigns, a good solution
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