How do you solve $8 w + 56 = - 8$ $8w + 56= - 8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-05T03:23:46

$w = - 8$ $w = -8$

Here's how I did it:

$8 w + 56 = - 8$ $8w + 56 = -8$

First, we want to subtract $56$ $56$ from both sides of the equation:
$8 w = - 64$ $8w = -64$

Now we want to divide both sides by $8$ $8$ to get the value of $w$ $w$ :
$w = - 8$ $w = -8$

Answer 2 · 2018-04-05T03:34:05

$w = - 8$ $w=-8$

First, you want to isolate the term with the variable. This means we need to subtract $56$ $56$ from both sides:

$8 w + 56 - 56 = - 8 - 56$ $8w+56-56=-8-56$
$8 w = - 64$ $8w=-64$

Now, you need to isolate the variable even further by dividing both sides by $8$ $8$ .

$\frac{8 w}{8} = - \frac{64}{8}$ $(8w)/8=-64/8$
$w = - 8$ $w=-8$

The last step is to plug it in to make sure the answer is correct.

Plug in -8 for $w$ $w$
$8 \cdot (- 8) + 56 = - 64 + 56 = - 8$ $8*(-8)+56= -64+56=-8$ ✔️

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