How do you solve this equation -5x plus 24 equals 4?

Answer 1

its pretty easy....

-5x+24=4

you would first subtract 24 from both sides:

-5x+24-24=4-24

which would come out to -5x=20

(this is because 24-24 is 0 leaving just the -5x on the left. then 4-24 would be 20, so leaving the 20 on the right.)

then you would divide 5 into -5x and the same to the other side so you equation would look like this

5x/-5=-20/5

the positive 5 would cancel out the -5 and -20 and positive 5 would equal to -4 because a positive and negative equal a negative

so your answer would look like this:

x=-4

hope this helps you