How do you solve $w+14=-8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-28T00:18:09

Work backwards doing the opposite of the equation to solve for the variable w

The opposite of + 14 is -14 so subtract 14 from both sides of the equation.

$w + 14 - 14 = - 8 - 14$

$w = - 22$

8 is going down - 14 is going further down so the total distance down ( or to the the right ) is - 22

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