Question

-8(s+4) = -60

What is the value of s?

Answer 1

s = 3.5

Explanation:

Lets begin by distributing -8 into the two values in the paranthesis, s and +4. By doing this, we get -8s -32 = -60

We can now take that -32 and bring it to the right side of the equation, making it now -8s = +32 -60

After simplyfing, we now have -8s = -28. Dividing -28 by -8 , we get positive 3.5.