Question

What would you do to isolate the variable x+5=-12

Answer 1

how do you move the 5 from left to the right side?

Answer 2

@Gabby48 any ideas?

Answer 3

\[x + 5 -5 = -12 -5\]

Answer 4

does that help @Gabby48

Answer 5

It's very easy :)

Here is how you isolate x:

x + 5 = -12
x + 5 - 5 = -12 - 5
x = -17

Answer 6

1st step you need to isolate the variable\[x +5 = -12\]
subtract 5 from both sides\[x=-12 -5\]
do the math
\[x=-17\]