Question

What is the answer of 8(2+ 7c =-19

Answer 1

The first step in solving the problem is to distribute the 8. We know this because of the system or order of operations as well as the distributive property.

 8(2+7c)=-19
 16+56c=-19

The next step in solving is to isolate the variable, which we can do by performing the opposite operations of the values

 16+56c=-19
-16          -16
56c=-35
/56    /56
c=-35/56

Finally, we should put our equation in simplest form.

c=-35/56
c=-5/8=-.625

Using the math above, we can see that the value of the variable is -5/8 or -.625.