Question

I'm not understanding how to do problems such as this: 4x + 1 = 25 + 2x. How do I work these out?

Answer 1

Answer:

x=12

Explanation:

Given the equation:

$4x+1=25+2x$

Step 1: Reorder the equation to bring only the terms containing x to the left-hand side.

$4x-2x=25-1$

Step 2: Simplify your equation above.

$2x=24$

Step 3: Solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 2.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{2x}{2}=\frac{24}{2} \\ x=12 \end{gathered}$

The value of x in the equation is 12.