Solve 5x-123x-4 - ScanMath

Question

Simplify the expression

- 118 x - 4

Evaluate

5 x - 123 x - 4

Solution

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Evaluate

5 x - 123 x

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

(5 - 123) x

Subtract the numbers

- 118 x

- 118 x - 4

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- 2 (59 x + 2)

Evaluate

5 x - 123 x - 4

Subtract the terms

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Evaluate

5 x - 123 x

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

(5 - 123) x

Subtract the numbers

- 118 x

- 118 x - 4

Solution

- 2 (59 x + 2)

Show Solution

x = - \frac{2}{59}

Alternative Form

x \approx - 0.033898

Evaluate

5 x - 123 x - 4

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

5 x - 123 x - 4 = 0

Subtract the terms

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Simplify

5 x - 123 x

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

(5 - 123) x

Subtract the numbers

- 118 x

- 118 x - 4 = 0

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

- 118 x = 0 + 4

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

- 118 x = 4

Change the signs on both sides of the equation

118 x = - 4

Divide both sides

\frac{118 x}{118} = \frac{- 4}{118}

Divide the numbers

x = \frac{- 4}{118}

Solution

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Evaluate

\frac{- 4}{118}

Cancel out the common factor 2

\frac{- 2}{59}

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

- \frac{2}{59}

x = - \frac{2}{59}

Alternative Form

x \approx - 0.033898

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