Question

How do you solve `4x + 3= 2x - 5`?

Answer 1

Isolate the variable to get `x=-4`.

Explanation:

First we'd want to isolate the variable, `x`, on the left side of the equal sign.

Subtract the `2x` on both sides, so we now have `2x+3=-5`.

Subtract the `3` from both sides, so we now have `2x=-8`.

Continue to isolate our `x` by dividing by two on both sides.

`(2x)/2=-8/2`

`x=-4`.