Question

4 times a number plus 5 times a number is the same as ten more than 8 times the number

Answer 1

So first lets make the equation
4x+5=10+8x
so we subtract 8 on each side to get
-4x+5=10
then subtract 5 on each side
-4x=5
then divide -4 on each side to get -1 1/4