Question

How do you solve `7(4 - 2x) + 16 + 2x = 12`?

Answer 1

Here you have an equation. First solve the brackets by multiplyinf `7` times the content of it:
`28-14x+16+2x=12`
Now collect all the `x`s on the left and the numbers on the right remembering to change sign when crossing the equal sign:
`-14x+2x=-28-16+12`
`-12x=-32`
Now get rid of the `-12` in front of the `x`: It is multiplying so it passes to the right dividing!
`x=-32/-12=8/3`