How do you solve $19=a+5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-04T16:00:17

$a = 14$

Here's how I did it:

$19 = a + 5$

To solve this, we subtract $5$ from both sides of the equation to leave $a$ alone.

$19-5 = 14$ , therefore:
$a = 14$

Hope this helps!

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