How do you solve $-5+c=-5$ ?

Question

1574 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2016-11-28T01:44:57

$c = 0$

To solve this problem add $5$ to each side of the equation to isolate and solve for $c$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$5 - 5 + c = 5 - 5$

$0 + c = 0$

$c = 0$

How do you solve -5+c=-5-5+c=-5?