8x+5=6x+1
variables on both sides and I need help to the question

x = -2

Step-by-step explanation: When we have this kind of a setup, we want to put our variables together on one side of the equation and our numbers together on the other side of the equation.

So first, let's put our variables together on the left side

by subtracting 6x from both sides of the equation.

That gives us 2x + 5 = 1.

Now we can move our numbers to the right by subtracting

5 from both sides and we get 2x = -4.

Since x is being multiplied by 2, divide both sides

by 2 to get x by itself and we end up with x = -2.

Answer

1. We add - 5x to both sides

2. We add - 4 to both sides

Step-by-step explanation:

Presented with the expression

5x + (−2) = 6x + 4 we can simplify the right hand side as

5x −2 = 6x + 4

1. To remove the smaller x coefficient we need to add - 5x to both sides since the smaller coefficient is 5

5x −2+(-5x) = 6x + 4+ (- 5x)

5x-2-x5= 6x+4 - x5

5x-5x-2= 6x-5x+4

-2= x+4

2. To remove the constant from the right hand side we need to add - 4 to both sides seeing that the constant term is 4

5x + (−2) + (-4) = 6x + 4 +(-4)

5x-2-4= 6x+4-4

5x-6= 6x