if - 2x + 4 = 8, will x be positive or negative? Without solving the equation, explain how you know.

X will be negative; in order to determine this for future problems move all like variables to the other side of the equation and see what you are left with. If you are left with -2x= some positive value then it must be a negative x to get a positive answer and vise versa.

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis:

answer:

step-by-step explanation: