Question

Can somebody show me the steps to finding n in this problem?
5n + 6 = -4

Answer 1

We would need to get the term with the variable by itself, how do you think we would do that?

Answer 2

Subtract 4 from 5?

Answer 3

No, we would want to subtract 6 from both sides, what would that look like?

Answer 4

OH OKAY, my brain must have stopped working, I think I know how to do this now haha!!
it would be 5n = -10

Answer 5

Correct! And to cancel out a multiplication what do we do?

Answer 6

divide 5 from both sides! so it would be n = -2

Answer 7

Correctomundo! Good job!

Answer 8

Thank you so much!! :))