An equation is shown below: 4 (2x - 3) = 1 which of the following correctly shows the steps to solve this equation? step 1: 6x - 7 = 1; step 2: 6x = 8 step 1: 6x 1 = 1; step 2: 6x = 0 step 1: 8x - 12 = 1; step 2: 8x = 13 step 1: 8x - 3 = 1; step 2: 8x = 4

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16 December, 11:50

An equation is shown below: 4 (2x - 3) = 1 which of the following correctly shows the steps to solve this equation? step 1: 6x - 7 = 1; step 2: 6x = 8 step 1: 6x 1 = 1; step 2: 6x = 0 step 1: 8x - 12 = 1; step 2: 8x = 13 step 1: 8x - 3 = 1; step 2: 8x = 4

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Terrell Frazier · Answer 1

If you would like to solve the equation, you can do this using the following steps:

4 * (2x - 3) = 1

4 * 2x - 4 * 3 = 1

8x - 12 = 1

8x = 1 + 12

8x = 13 / 8

x = 13/8

The correct result would be step 1: 8x - 12 = 1; step 2: 8x = 13.