3/4x = 16
solve using step method
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❥Simplifying -3 + -4x = 16 Solving -3 + -4x = 16
❥ Solving for variable 'x'.
❥Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.
❥Add '3' to each side of the equation. -3 + 3 + -4x = 16 + 3
❥Combine like terms: -3 + 3 = 0 0 + -4x = 16 + 3 -4x = 16 + 3
❥Combine like terms: 16 + 3 = 19 -4x = 19
❥Divide each side by '-4'. x = -4.75
❥Simplifying x = -4.75
Answer:
Simplify — 4
Equation at the end of step1:
3 ((— • x) - 16) - 2 = 0 4
STEP2:Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction
2.1 Subtracting a whole from a fraction
Rewrite the whole as a fraction using 4 as the denominator :
16 16 • 4 16 = —— = —————— 1 4
Equivalent fraction : The fraction thus generated looks different but has the same value as the whole
Common denominator : The equivalent fraction and the other fraction involved in the calculation share the same denominator
Adding fractions that have a common denominator :
2.2 Adding up the two equivalent fractions
Add the two equivalent fractions which now have a common denominator
Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:
3x - (16 • 4) 3x - 64 ————————————— = ——————— 4 4
Equation at the end of step2:
(3x - 64) ————————— - 2 = 0 4
STEP3:Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction
3.1 Subtracting a whole from a fraction
Rewrite the whole as a fraction using 4 as the denominator :
2 2 • 4 2 = — = ————— 1 4
Adding fractions that have a common denominator :
3.2 Adding up the two equivalent fractions
(3x-64) - (2 • 4) 3x - 72 ————————————————— = ——————— 4 4
STEP4:Pulling out like terms
4.1 Pull out like factors :
3x - 72 = 3 • (x - 24)
Equation at the end of step4:
3 • (x - 24) ———————————— = 0 4