Question

explain???

Answer 1

I have not one clue how to do this please help!

Answer 2

ask the blue bird. He looks smart lol

Answer 3

We want q by itself, so we want to get rid of -12 somehow.
Hint, hint: Do inverse operation.

Answer 4

So we would do this

Answer 5

Nope.
Alright, we have:
q - 12 on one side of the equation.
- 12 can be seen as a negative or a subtraction.
What's the opposite of subtraction?

Answer 6

addtion

Answer 7

Perfect. Now we want to get rid of it, or another word make the value to zero.
So -12 + n = 0
What must n be?

Answer 8

24?

Answer 9

Not quite. - 12 + 24 = 12.

Answer 10

I mean 12

Answer 11

Correct! If we add 12 on one side of the equation, then we must add 12 to the other side of the equation!

In other words, -13 + 12 = ?