How do you simplify 4x+1=2x-5? show how you simplified and explain the steps

4x+1=2x-5

you need to isolate the x on one side so

4x+1=2x-5

-4x       -4x    (you need to subtract 4x by both sides of the =)

so you get

1=-2x-5

so now you need to keep simplifying now you need to subtract the five from both sides

1=-2x-5

-5     -5

-4=2x

now divide the 2 on both sides

-4=2x

/2   /2

-2=x

answer   x = -2

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!

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