Question

Eight subtracted from 4 times a number is equal to 4 less than 6 times the number.

What is the number?

Answer 1

`8-4 \cdot x=4-6\cdot x \\\\ 8-4x=4-6x \\\\ -4x+6x=4-8 \\\\ 2x=-4 \ \ \ |:2 \\\\ \boxed{x=-2}`