Exercise 3 Page 440

Use the Addition Property of Equality to eliminate the subtraction.

c=-1

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To solve the equation, we have to isolate c on one side. Using the Addition Property of Equality, we can add 6 to both sides of the equation. This will eliminate subtraction on the right-hand side and isolate c.

-7=c-6

AddEqn

LHS+ 6=RHS+ 6

-7+ 6=c-6+ 6

AddTerms

Add terms

-1=c

RearrangeEqn

Rearrange equation

c=-1

To check that this solution is correct, let's substitute c=-1 into the original equation and simplify.

-7=c-6

Substitute

c= -1

-7? = -1-6

SubTerm

Subtract term

-7=-7 ✓

Because the left-hand side and right-hand side are equal, c=-1 is the correct solution.

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