How do you solve $4 x = 20$ $4x=20$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-02T15:03:54

$x = 5$ $x = 5$

$4 x = 20$ $4x = 20$

For solving for x , you need to isolate it.

Here, x is multiplied by 4. So divide both sides by 4.

$\Rightarrow \frac{4 x}{4} = \frac{20}{4}$ $=>(4x)/4 = 20/4$

$=>(cancel4x)/cancel4 = (cancel20^5)/cancel4$

$=>x = 5$

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