Question

Can you help me solve this? All I see when I answer this question is *confusion* I will mark Brainliest and extra points! Show your work on paper please!

Answer 1

1st step, divide both sides by 4

2nd step, move 2 to the right side and change the plus to a minus

3rd step, subtract the numbers

the answer is x=4 I did the work i dont know if it helped but I hope it did. also, sorry for my handwriting I was rushing

Answer 2

Answer:

x = 4

Step-by-step explanation:

$4(x+2)=24$            use the distributive property: a(b + c) = ab + ac

$4x+8=24$            subtract 8 from both sides

$4x=16$         divide both sides by 4

$x=4$