Question

I don’t understand how to do this

Answer 1

For Part A, you need to input x=6 into the equation 8x + 8 = 56 to see if 6 is a solution of that equation. It'll be 8(6) + 8 = 56 -> 48 + 8 = 56 -> 56 = 56. Does 56 equal 56? Then yes, x = 6 is a solution of the equation 8x + 8 = 56.

For Part B, it changed the value of x from 6 to 9. It also states that the left side of the equation (left side of the equal sign) stays the same so it'll still be 8x + 8. You do what you did in Part A, but instead of inputting 6, you do 9. It'll be like this: 8(9) + 8. It's asking how the right side would change, but that's basically asking what the answer is. If you do the math correctly, it'd be 72+8, which would be 80. The right side would need to be 80 if the solution is now x = 9.