Respuesta :

Maria subtracted 10x instead of adding it on step 4

Answer:

[tex]x=2[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Line 4 has the problem:

[tex]12x-10x=44-10x+10x[/tex]

The correct way to put it is:

[tex]12x+10x=44-10x+10x[/tex]

which comes out to:

[tex]12x+10x=44-10x+10x\\22x=44\\x=2[/tex]