Question

How do you solve `9- 4( 2x + 5) = - 11`?

Answer 1

`x=0`

Explanation:

We can start by distributing the `-4` to the terms in the parenthesis. Here, we are just multiplying. We get:

`9-8x-20=-11`

We can combine the like terms on the left to get:

`-11-8x=-11`

The `-11`s on both sides will cancel, resulting in zero, so we're left with `-8x=0`, which will obviously evaluate to `x=0`.