Is the answer to the problem below correct? If yes, why? If not, what mistake(s) were made in solving the problem an what is the correct answer?
Step 1: 12 = -2(x - 4) - 8
Step 2: 12 = -2x - 8 - 8
Step 3: 12 = -2x - 16
Step 4: 28 = -2x
Step 5: 26 = x

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  x = -6 (correct answer)

  mistakes were made in Step 2 and Step 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

The mistake is made in Step 2, application of the distributive property. This is often a source of error. Here, the error is in signs.

Step 1: 12 = -2(x -4) -8

Step 2: 12 = -2x +8 -8 . . . . . . the correct step 2

Step 3: 12 = -2x . . . . . . . . . . . like terms combined

Step 4: -6 = x . . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by -2

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Check

  12 = -2(-6 -4) -8 = -2(-10) -8 = 20 -8 = 12 . . . . answer checks OK

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Comment on other mistake

In the original Step 5, -2 was divided on the right and added on the left. This is a violation of the properties of equality, so guarantees a wrong answer. The same operation must be performed on both sides of the equation.

An additional mistake was made in that the answer was not checked.

see below

step-by-step explanation:

7.   there are 10 data points in the set.   the middle point is between 5 and 6.   the middle point in the top half is 8   and the middle point in the bottom half is 3. to find the iqr , take point 8 and subtract point 3

mid term   point 8 = 100   point 3 = 88

iqr = 100-88 = 12

final   point 8 = 93   point 3 = 78

iqr = 93 - 78 = 15

the final has the greatest iqr

6.   b - there is a high data value that causes the data set to be asymmetrical for the males: the data for males are high and asymmetrical .   there is an outlier for the males that skews the data

5.   the   iqr is a better measure of spread for the movies and basketball games.   since the basketball game has an outlier, we do not want to use standard deviation for measurement.  

3.   the exam median is much higher than the class median.   the median line is farther to the right on the exams

2.   there is no way to tell what the means are from the box and whisker plots.