-4(4x+4)=2(2-7x) Both sides can be divied by 2 to simplify it. Making the equation- -2(4x+4)=2-7x The 2 from the right has gone because we divided it away. Then expand the brackets to simplify it again. -8x-8=2-7x Now we add 8x to both sides in order to get rid of the -8x -8=2-7x+8x That can be simplified again to make -8=2+x To get x by itself we need to change the side of the two by changing the positive to a negative -8-2=x otherwise know as -10=x
