So, Ms. Ruiz has 14 flowers. If she put 4 flowers in 1 pot, she has 10 flowers left. If she splits the rest evenly, she gets 5 flowers each. Let's make this into an equation: 14=2x+4. In other words, 14 flowers equals x flowers in one pot, plus x flowers in another pot, plus 4 flowers in another pot. (Note that 2x=x+x: 2x is another way of writing that out.) Now, we solve using inverse operations: 14-4=2x+4-4. 10=2x. 10/2=2x/2. x=5.
Answer: 14=2x+4; x=5
