Question

Solve s + 2 = -8 ?

Answer 1

`s=-10`

Explanation:

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`s+2=-8`

`s+2-2=-8-2`

`s=-10`

Answer 2

`s=-10`

Explanation:

To solve for `s`, we want to undo any operation being applied to it.

Right now, `2` is being added to it, so we want to cancel it. The way we would go about doing this is doing the inverse of addition, which is subtraction.

We need to subtract `2`, not just from the left, but from both sides to maintain the equality. Doing this, we get

`s=-10`

Hope this helps!