Question

Provide the correct reason for the statement in line 4.

Answer 1

We have to prove x = -16/3.

The steps are:

`1)3(x+5)=-1\longrightarrow\text{Reason: Given}`
`2)3x+15=-1\longrightarrow\text{Reason: Distributive property}`
`3)3x=-16\longrightarrow\text{ Reason: substracting 15 from both sides}`
`4)x=-(16)/(3)\longrightarrow\text{ Reason: divide both sides of the equation by 3}`