Solve for x: 4(x - 3) + 2 = 2x + 10. What is the value of x?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Simplify both sides of the equation carefully.
Answer
x = 8
Explanation
Distributing gives 4x - 12 + 2 = 2x + 10, leading to 2x = 20, thus x = 8.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is x = 8.
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