Question
$$-(2x+4) = -2x-5$$
Answer
This equation has no solution.
Explanation
$$ \begin{aligned} -(2x+4) &= -2x-5&& \text{simplify left side} \\[1 em]-2x-4 &= -2x-5&& \text{move the $ \color{blue}{ -2x } $ to the left side and $ \color{blue}{ -4 }$ to the right} \\[1 em]-2x+2x &= -5+4&& \text{simplify left and right hand side} \\[1 em]-2x+2x &= -1&& \\[1 em]0 &= -1&& \\[1 em] \end{aligned} $$
Since the statement $ \color{red}{ 0 = -1 } $ is FALSE, we conclude that the equation has no solution.
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