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How do you solve $3 = - x - 5$ $3=-x-5$ ?

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Jul 27, 2016

First, add 5 to each side to get $8 = - x$ $8=-x$ . Next, divide each side by $- 1$ $-1$ to get $- 8 = x$ $-8=x$ .

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