Solve for x

- 4x + 5 = - 2x-1

X = 3

Reason:

Move - 2x to the left side

Move + 5 to the right side

When switching a number form one side of the equation to the other, it changes the sign. - 2x would be + 2x, whole + 5 would be - 5.

The new equation would look like this.

-4x+2x = - 5-1

-2x=-6

Then you divide by - 2x

x=3

the awncer to your question is x=3