Question

What is the solution to this equation? x + 8 = –2 A. x = –10 B. x = 10 C. x = 6 D. x = –6

Answer 1

Answer:a -10

Explanation:

-10 +8 = 2

Answer 2

`x = - 10`

EXPLANATION

The given equation

`x + 8 = - 2`

This is a linear equation in x.

To solve this equation, we add the additive inverse of 8 to both sides to get;

`x + 8 + - 8 = - 2 + - 8`

We simplify to get:

`x + 0 = - 10`

This implies that,

`x = - 10`

The correct answer is A.