Eighteen minus 4 times a number is fifty-two.

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The answer to your problem is -8.5

Since your subtracting in this problem 4 becomes -4. The closes number that you can get when trying to find an answer for 52 is -8. Now do 18-4*(-8) and get 50. Turn -8 into -8.5 and try again. 18-4*(-8.5) and get 52.

infinitely many solutions

step-by-step explanation:

we have been given the equation;

2(2x + 3) = -4 + 2(2x + 5)

we need to determine the value of x.

2(2x + 3), we expand this expression to obtain 4x + 6

similarly 2(2x + 5) will become 4x + 10

now we have;

4x + 6 = -4 + 4x + 10

4x + 6 = 4x + 10 - 4

4x + 6 = 4x + 6

the expression on the left hand side is identical to the one on the right hand side. therefore, we are looking at just a single straight line whose equation is;

y = 4x + 6

consequently, we shall have infinitely many solutions

a is the correct