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Re: Practice Question #1- Solve 5x + 32 = 4 - 2x [#permalink]
leonidbasin1 wrote:
rampragash wrote:
-4


How did you get -4. Please show you work.


Easy algebra.

If we start from \(5x + 32 = 4 - 2x\), we can sum 2x on both sides and subtract 32 on both sides to get \(7x = -28\). Then, dividing both sides by 7 we get \(x = -4\). Answer A!
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