-4x - 12 = 8
+ 12 +12
-4x = 20
-4 -4
x = -5
To ensure that x equals -5, let's substitute the negative integer with x.
-4 x -5 - 12 = 8
-20 - 12 = 8
8 = 8
Therefore, the answer is x = -5 because we confirmed our answer by substituting x with -5 and solving the equation and got the both sides of the equation equal.
