How do you solve $117- 11h = 40$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-03T21:09:31

$h = 7$

Move the variable to the other side of the equation to make it positive. You'd get

$117 = 11h + 40$

Then move $40$ to the other side of the equations, which makes it negative. You'd get

$77 = 11h$

Then you simply divide both sides by $11$ to get

$7 = h$

How do you solve 117- 11h = 40117- 11h = 40?