What is the value of x in the equation below? 4x − 8 = 6x + 16

x=-12

Step-by-step explanation:

4x-8=6x+16

-4x

-8=2x+16

-16

-24=2x/2

4x - 8 = 6x + 16

Separate all the terms with x's on to one side and all the terms without x's to the other side:

(4x - 8) - 6x + 8= (6x + 16) - 6x + 8

4x - 6x + (8 - 8) = 16 + 8 + (6x - 6x)

4x - 6x = 16 + 8

-2x = 24 (Get rid of the number in front of x)

-2x/-2 = 24/-2

x = - 12

or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!