How do you solve $\frac{x + 2}{4} = - 2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-28T16:33:29

$x=-10$

Given -

$(x+2)/4=-2$

$(x+2)/4 xx 4=-2 xx 4$

$(x+2)/cancel4 xx cancel4=-8$

$x+2=-8$

$x+2-2=-8-2$

$xcancel(+2)cancel(-2)=-10$

$x=-10$

Answer 2 · 2018-03-28T16:34:25

$x=-10$

Multiply both sides by $4$ .

Then you should get $[(x+2)/4]*4=-2*4$

Multiply to get $x+2=-8$

Subtract $2$ from both sides to isolate $x$ .

$x+2-2=-8-2$

$x=-10$

Yay!

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