How do you solve $13 = 8 - 5 d$ $13 = 8-5d$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-17T17:31:04

$d = - 1$ $d=-1$

First subtract 8 from both sides of the equation
$13 - 8 = 8 - 5 d - 8$ $13-8=8-5d-8$

Combining like terms gives us
$5 = - 5 d$ $5=-5d$

Now we get the $d$ $d$ alone on one side of the equation by dividing $- 5$ $-5$ on both sides of the equation

$\frac{5}{- 5} = \frac{- 5 d}{- 5}$ $5/(-5)=(-5d)/-5$

This gives us
$- 1 = d$ $-1=d$

How do you solve 13 = 8-5d13=8−5d13 = 8-5d?