How do you solve $3n + 5= 50$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-14T13:21:20

See a solution process below:

Step 1) Subtract $color(red)(5)$ from each side of the equation to isolate the $n$ term:

$3n + 5 - color(red)(5) = 50 - color(red)(5)$

$3n + 0 = 45$

$3n = 45$

Step 2) Divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(3)$ to solve for $n$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$(3n)/color(red)(3) = 45/color(red)(3)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(3)))n)/cancel(color(red)(3)) = 15$

$n = 15$

How do you solve 3n + 5= 503n + 5= 50?