Each student wrote a two step equation peter wrote the equation 4x - 2 = 10 and andres wrote the eqaution 16x - 8 = 40 the teacher looked at their equations and asked them to compare them describe one way in which the equations are similar

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Marlon Woodward

9 July, 23:27

Each student wrote a two step equation peter wrote the equation 4x - 2 = 10 and andres wrote the eqaution 16x - 8 = 40 the teacher looked at their equations and asked them to compare them describe one way in which the equations are similar

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Cindy James · Answer 1

Both equations are basically the same thing.

Lets simplify them both

4x-2=10

4x=12

x=3.

Now lets simplify the other one.

16x-8=40

16x=48

x=3

So we can conclude that the second one is the same as the first one but all the values are multiplied by 4