First, we are going to want to plug in the values we are given. In this case, we will end up with the equation:
[tex]6 = (4 - c) 2[/tex]
From here, we can solve the equation to find [tex]c[/tex]:
[tex]6 = 2(4 - c)[/tex]
- Apply the commutative property to rearrange the terms on the right-side of the equation to make the distributive property more apparent
[tex]6 = 8 -2c[/tex]
- Apply the distributive property
[tex]-2 = -2c[/tex]
- Subtract 8 from both sides of the equation
[tex]1 = c[/tex]
- Divide both sides of the equation by -2
We have found that c = 1.
