Solve -2 x -2 x -2 x -2

Question

Simplify the expression

- 6 x - 2

Evaluate

- 2 x - 2 x - 2 x - 2

Write the repeated addition as multiplication

- 2 x \times 3 - 2

Solution

- 6 x - 2

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- 2 (3 x + 1)

Evaluate

- 2 x - 2 x - 2 x - 2

Subtract the terms

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Simplify

- 2 x - 2 x

Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients

(- 2 - 2) x

Subtract the numbers

- 4 x

- 4 x - 2 x - 2

Subtract the terms

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Simplify

- 4 x - 2 x

Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients

(- 4 - 2) x

Subtract the numbers

- 6 x

- 6 x - 2

Solution

- 2 (3 x + 1)

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x = - \frac{1}{3}

Alternative Form

x = - 0. \dot{3}

Evaluate

- 2 x - 2 x - 2 x - 2

To find the roots of the expression,set the expression equal to 0

- 2 x - 2 x - 2 x - 2 = 0

Subtract the terms

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Simplify

- 2 x - 2 x

Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients

(- 2 - 2) x

Subtract the numbers

- 4 x

- 4 x - 2 x - 2 = 0

Subtract the terms

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Simplify

- 4 x - 2 x

Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients

(- 4 - 2) x

Subtract the numbers

- 6 x

- 6 x - 2 = 0

Move the constant to the right-hand side and change its sign

- 6 x = 0 + 2

Removing 0 doesn't change the value,so remove it from the expression

- 6 x = 2

Change the signs on both sides of the equation

6 x = - 2

Divide both sides

\frac{6 x}{6} = \frac{- 2}{6}

Divide the numbers

x = \frac{- 2}{6}

Solution

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Evaluate

\frac{- 2}{6}

Cancel out the common factor 2

\frac{- 1}{3}

Use \frac{- a}{b} = \frac{a}{- b} = - \frac{a}{b} to rewrite the fraction

- \frac{1}{3}

x = - \frac{1}{3}

Alternative Form

x = - 0. \dot{3}

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