Asked by liah

Jonny is solving this equation for n
: 8 + 3n = 20
. His first step is to subtract 8 from both sides of the equation. Why?(1 point)
Responses

He needs to follow the order of operations.
He needs to follow the order of operations.

He needs to reverse the order of operations.
He needs to reverse the order of operations.

8 is attached to 3n
by subtraction.
8 is attached to 3 n by subtraction.

8 is the first term in the equation.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
He needs to reverse the order of operations — subtracting 8 undoes the +8 so he can isolate 3n (then divide by 3 to solve for n).