Question

How do you solve `y+8=3`?

Answer 1

`y=-5`

Explanation:

Start with `y+8=3`. You want to get `y` by itself, thus you want to get rid of that `8`.
Remembering that the opposite of subtraction is addition, you subtract `8` from both sides, to maintain the equality:
`y+8-8=3-8`
This simplifies to `y=-5`.