Negative two is equivalent to the quotient of a number and four added to one.

You want to have your x alone so you would get rid of the 3. to do that you must do the opposite of what it's saying which it is multiplying so you would divide 3 and do it on both sides. so 3/3 cancels eachother out and now you have to divide 29 and 3 and that is what x equals