How do you solve the equation $-4x-7=17$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-07T12:15:55

See explanation.

First yo ushould add $7$ to both sides to leave the unknown on left side:

$-4x=24$

The last step is to divide both sides by the coefficient of $x$ :

$x=24/-4$

$x=-6$

To check the solution you can substitute the calculated value to the original equation:

$-4*(-6)-7=24-7=17$

Left and right sides are the same, so the answer is correct.

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