How do you solve $12 - x = - 4$ $12 - x = -4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-28T13:36:11

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First, let's isolate the variable on one side of the equation by subtracting 12 from each side:

$- x = - 16$ $-x=-16$

From here, we simply divide each side by -1 to get our answer:

$x = 16$ $x=16$

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