Question

Look at the way that Shira answered the question above.

A)Explain her mistake in complete sentences.

B) Explain how to solve the equation correctly.

Answer 1

x=8

Explanation:

A.So she made a mistake by not looking at the minus sign and subtracted when she should've added.

B. How to solve it is you add 2 so 2x-2=14 +2 both sides so 2x=16 divded by 2 and you get x=8

Answer 2

x = 8

Explanation:

Her mistake was subtracting 2 on both sides. Instead she should've added 2 on both sides.Getting a result of 2x=16. Then you divide 2 on both sides to get x = 8.