Question

An employee took 5 vacation days bringing his new vacation day balance to 8 days.Which equation can be used to find, x, the number of vacation days the employee had before using 5 vacation days?

Answer 1

`x + 5 = 8`

Explanation:

Given

`Total = 8`

`Additional\ Vacation = 5`

Required

Determine the equation to find initial days of vacation

This is represented with x.

To get a total of 8 days vacation, we must have the following expression.

`Initial\ Days + Additional\ Days = Total`

Substitute values for initial days, additional days and total. So, we have

`x + 5 = 8`

Hence, the required expression is:
`x + 5 = 8`