How do you solve $4x - 4( - 2x + 1) =4- 2( 4x + 24)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-27T23:05:23

$x = -2$

$4x - 4(-2x + 1) = 4 - 2(4x + 24)$

$4x + 8x - 4 = 4 - 8x - 48$

$12x - 4 = -8x - 44$

$12x + 8x = -44 + 4$

$20x = -40$

Divide the both sides by 20

$(cancel(20)x)/cancel("20") = cancel(-"40")^-2/cancel("20")$

$x = -2$

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