The situation can be rewritten as:
[tex] \frac{(4x) - 4}{3} = - 6[/tex]
We can simplify this by multiplying 3 (denominator) to both sides of the equation, which simplifies to:
[tex](4x) - 4 = - 18[/tex]
The negative 4 cancels out by adding 4 to both sides, resulting in:
[tex] (4x) = - 12[/tex]
To get x alone, we divide both sides by 4.
[tex]x = - 3[/tex]
