Part 1. What is your first step in solving this equation? Remember, there is more than one way to solve this equation. Part 2. How would you isolate the variable and solve for x after you have completed Part 1?

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Part 1. What is your first step in solving this equation? Remember, there is more than one way to solve this equation. Part 2. How would you isolate the variable and solve for x after you have completed Part 1?
The equation just so happens to be 4(3x - 2) = -24

Don't do 4 to 3 and 2 just do the other way where you divide both sides by 4

GPT 3.5 · Answer

Part 1. The first step in solving this equation is to distribute the 4 to the terms inside the parentheses.

Part 2. After distributing the 4, the equation becomes 12x - 8 = -24. To isolate the variable x, you would add 8 to both sides of the equation to eliminate the constant term on the left side. This results in 12x = -16. Finally, divide both sides by 12 to solve for x. The solution is x = -16/12 or x = -4/3.