Question

Solve the equation t - 8 = -3.

Answer 1

Answer: $t=5$

Add 8 to both sides

$t-8+8=-3+8\\t=5$

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is t = 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this question, we must first recognize that our goal is to get the variable t by itself.  To do this, we should add 8 to both sides of the equation to get rid of the -8 on the left side of the equation.  This is modeled below:

t - 8 = - 3

t - 8 + 8 = -3 + 8

t = 5

Therefore, the correct answer is t = 5.

If we want to check our answer, we can plug in 5 for t in the original equation.  If we do this, we get: 5 - 8 = -3, which is a true statement, so we know that we did the problem correctly.

Hope this helps!