Ugh Summer work...Pls Help Me! 4.25 - x = 14.13

-9.88.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Write it out.

4.25-x=14.13

2. Make it a bit easier to read.

4.25-x=14.13 is also the same thing as... -x+4.25=14.13. Now it's easier to tell that 4.25 is positive.

3. Isolate x and get it by itself.

Since we have a number on x's side, we have to move it to the other side. The opposite of addition is subtraction, so we subtract 4.25 by both sides!

-x+4.25=14.13

  -4.25  -4.25

-x=9.88

Technically, x can't really be negative, so we can just divide by negative one on each side to get rid of the negative x.

-x=9.88

/-1   /-1

x=-9.88

That's finally the answer and sorry if the explanation took forever! Hope you understand :)