Question

im so confused on how to do this
5/8c-8=12

Answer 1

well you want to isolate C and that is the entire point on how to solve for c so your first step would be to get rid of one of those numbers and I would say to start with the -8 because its easier so do you know how to start?

Answer 2

i have to add 8 to 12 i know that
because adding 8 to -8 would make it 0

Answer 3

yup so our new formula would look like this 5/8 C=20

Answer 4

and that is the fraction 5/8 times C so you want to divide 20 by 5/8s so you would get C= 32 I believe :)

Answer 5

how do you divide 5/8 into 20? thats the part i was getting stuck on

Answer 6

the point is that the 5 is the 20 and the 8 is the 32 so for example lets say we have 2/4C=16 you say okay what times 4 gives me 16 and that would be 4 so then you have to do the same thing to both sides so 2 times 4 is 8 so the answer 8/16 so C for that formula is 8 +16 or 24 :)

Answer 7

sorry its been a while and I am a bit tired lol hope that helps

Answer 8

yes that helped lol thank youuuuuuu

Answer 9

no problem