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24-6x=2\left(2x+9\right)
Use the distributive property to multiply 6 by 4-x.
24-6x=4x+18
Use the distributive property to multiply 2 by 2x+9.
24-6x-4x=18
Subtract 4x from both sides.
24-10x=18
Combine -6x and -4x to get -10x.
-10x=18-24
Subtract 24 from both sides.
-10x=-6
Subtract 24 from 18 to get -6.
x=\frac{-6}{-10}
Divide both sides by -10.
x=\frac{3}{5}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-6}{-10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -2.