Question

Terrance needs to score 25 points to win a game. He has already scored 18 points. The equation 18 + p = 25 gives the number of points p that Terrence still needs to score. Determine whether p=7 or p=13 is a solution of the equation, and tell what the solution means

Answer 1

18 + p =25
-18. -18
_________
p = 7

Answer 2

The answer is 7 you can either subtract 25 from 18 or add 7 to 18 which gives you 25 to make sure