Question

Which value for x makes the sentence true?

4x - 1 = 19
A.
x = 24
B.
x = 20
C.
x = 5
D.
x = 4

Answer 1

Did you check to see which numbers do work?

or
did you actually solve the equation and know for sure?

4x - 1 = 19
4x = 20
etc