Question

How do I use a table to find the solution to 5x+3=23, 8a-10=38, and 1/2x-5=-1?

Answer 1

make a X and Y column. Place an number you want under the x value and work out the problem. The resulting answer is your Y value.

Answer 2

Let's start with a zero under the x. What is 5*0?

Answer 3

X Y
0

Answer 4

? are you there?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

what is 5 times zero?

Answer 7

0

Answer 8

correct, so in your first problem it was
5*0+3
so what amount is left?

Answer 9

3

Answer 10

yes. So now you include that number in your table

X Y
0 3

Answer 11

How many numbers do you want you table to be?

Answer 12

idk

Answer 13

It doesn't matter i guess

Answer 14

I guess we could do it up to 3

Answer 15

Well, lets say 3 then.
Pick a new number, say 1
place the 1 under the x column and multiply the 5 by one and then add 3

Answer 16

you get 8

Answer 17

yes, so place 8 under the Y value
Show me what the new table looks like

Answer 18

X Y
0 3
1 8

Answer 19

good job. Now for our third number lets do -1
tell me what answer you get

Answer 20

-2?

Answer 21

good job.
What does your finished table look like?

Answer 22

X Y
0 3
1 8
-1 -2

Answer 23

That is correct. You have successfully completed your first table. Now do the same for the others.