Solve for x

1 = - 4 + x

Answer: x = 5

Step-by-step explanation:

1 = - 4 + x

We have to isolate x, and remember, what we do to one side we do to the other.

1 + 4 = - 4 + 4 + x

5 = x

Check:

-4 + 5 = 1

1=1