Question 1102461
you're missing a close parentheses.


if i assume your equation is -2(x+3) - 6x = 2x - 3(x+4) then:


simplify to get -2x - 6 - 6x = 2x - 3x - 12


combine like terms to get -8x - 6 = -x - 12


add 8x to both sides of the equation and add 12 to both sides of the equation to get:


7x = 6


i believe what you did is add x to both sides of the equation and add 6 to both sides of the equation to get:


-7x = -6


those answers are the same, since if you multiply both sides of -7x = -6 by -1, you get 7x = 6.


if your solving for x, then you should get:


7x = 6
divide both sides of the equation by 7 to get x = 6/7


if you started with -7x = -6 and then solved for x, you would do the following.
start with -7x = -6
divide both sides of the equation by -7 to get x = -6/-7 which would result in x = 6/7


the answer, in either case, will be the same.