How do you solve $5+x/4=1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-14T10:08:23

$x = -16$

Isolate the term in $x$ on the left side:

$5-5 + x/4 =1-5$

$x/4 = -4" "larr$ multiply both sides by 4

$cancel4/1xx x/cancel4 = -4 xx4$

$x = -16$

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