Question

What is the answer to 2(5x+4)=8

Answer 1

x = 0

Explanation:

2(5x+4)=8

2×5x + 2×4 = 8

10x +8 =8

Collect like terms

10x= 8-8

10x = 0

Divide both sides of the equation by 10

x = 0

Answer 2

First lets open parenthesis using the distributive property. So we multiply everything in the parenthesis by 2. 5x*2 = 10x. 4*2 = 8. So we have 10x + 8 = 8. We subtract 8 from both sides and we get 10x = 0. So we divide both sides by 10 and 0/10 = 0. x=0. So the answer to x is

0