Step-by-step explanation:
[tex]-3x - (-2) = (-10)[/tex]
First, let's remove the parentheses and distribute any minus signs that are present outside of the parentheses:
[tex]-3x + 2 = -10[/tex]
Next, let's subtract [tex]2[/tex] from both sides to isolate the terms with an [tex]x[/tex] on the left-hand side of the equation:
[tex]-3x + 2 - 2 = -10 - 2[/tex]
[tex]-3x = -12[/tex]
Finally, let's divide both sides by [tex]-3[/tex] to get the [tex]x[/tex] by itself on the left-hand side of the equation:
[tex]\frac{-3x}{-3} = \frac{-12}{-3}[/tex]
[tex]x = 4[/tex]
Answer:
x = 4
Step-by-step explanation:
-3x -(-2) = (-10)
First open the bracket
-3x + 2 = -10
Next is to subtract 2 from both-side of the equation
-3x + 2 - 2 = -10 - 2
-3x = -12
Then divide both-side of the equation by -3 to get the value of x
[tex]\frac{-3x}{-3}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{-12}{-3}[/tex]
(On the left-hand side of the equation -3 at the numerator will cancel out -3 at the denominator while on the right-hand side of the equation -12 will be divided by -3)
x = [tex]\frac{-12}{-3}[/tex]
x = 4
