How do you simplify #6 + (x - 5) + 7#?
1 Answer
Sep 28, 2014
We can use PEMDAS to solve this;
6 +
solving parenthesis
6 + x -5 +7
x + 6-5 +7
x + 8
equating this to zero we get;
x +8 =0
subtracting 8 from both sides;
x +
x = -8
