2006-06-26 06:29:13 · 15 answers · asked by nikki 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
if you want to simplify it
it is 3x - 4x + 4 = -x + 4
2006-06-26 06:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by dhaval70 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because it has to equal something.
But you can simplify it to be:
3x-4(x-1)
=3x-4x+4
=-x+4
2006-06-26 14:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by ChaCha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3x -4(x-1)=
3x - 4x +4=
x+4
2006-06-26 14:04:11 · answer #3 · answered by thedude2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3x-4(x-1) might equal zero(???)
3x-4(x-1)=0
3x-4x+4=0
-x-4
-x=-4
miultply both sides by -1, so x=+4
if there was not =0 at the end of your expression/equation then the answer would be
-x-4
2006-06-26 13:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because it's not an equation. It's an expression, and it can be simplified.
3x - 4(x-1) =
3x - 4x +1 =
-x + 1
It's a kind of grammar thing: equations get solved (or graphed), expressions get simplified.
2006-06-26 13:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it can, watch:
3x-4(x-1)
=3x-4x+4
then, combine like terms
= -x+4
next, move -x to the other side by adding it.
x=4
ur solution is x=4.
2006-06-26 14:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by Jenny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want, I'll try to do this algebraicly for you:
I think this can be solved.
3x-4(x-1)
(3x)(x) = 3x²
(3x)(-1) = -3x
(-4)(x) = -4x
(-4)(-1) = 4
The answer, according to my calculations is: ---> 3x² - 7x + 4
Hope this helped you out. It was an easy problem. :)
Cheers,
Gabriel
2006-06-26 13:53:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can simplify it only.
3x-4x+1 or
-1x+1
that is 1-x
If there is =0 on the right it will be an equation.
1-x=0
x=1
Joke:
You are the unique person in this world, aren't you?
2006-06-26 13:37:57 · answer #8 · answered by iyiogrenci 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is equal to 0 then we have x=4
2006-06-26 14:09:08 · answer #9 · answered by s topology 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3x-4(x-1)=0
3x-4x+4=0
-x+4=0
-x=-4
x=4
2006-06-26 14:12:01 · answer #10 · answered by ensign183 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋