What is the answer four less than four times a number is the same as eight times the number?

1 Answer
May 18, 2018

The number is -1

Explanation:

I believe your question can be represented using a basic one variable equation using x as the number we are trying to find

4x-4=8x

We can then subtract 4x from both sides leaving the equation

-4=4x

Then by dividing both sides by -4 we get:

x=-1