Question

What is the second step in solving for n in the equation 5.6(n+1.42)=7.8 ?(1 point)

Responses

Divide both sides by 5.6.
Divide both sides by 5.6.

Subtract 5.6 from both sides.
Subtract 5.6 from both sides.

Add 1.42 to both sides.
Add 1.42 to both sides.

Subtract 1.42 from both sides.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Subtract 1.42 from both sides.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

The second step in solving for n in the equation 5.6(n+1.42)=7.8 is to divide both sides by 5.6.

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

The second step in solving for n in the equation 5.6(n+1.42)=7.8 is to subtract 1.42 from both sides.

To explain how to arrive at this step, let's start with the given equation: 5.6(n+1.42)=7.8.

To solve for n, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation.

First, we distribute the 5.6 by multiplying it with both expressions within the parentheses:

5.6n + 5.6(1.42) = 7.8.

Simplifying further, we have:

5.6n + 7.952 = 7.8.

To isolate the variable n, we need to remove the constant term on the left side of the equation.

To achieve this, we subtract 7.952 from both sides of the equation.

This gives us:

5.6n + 7.952 - 7.952 = 7.8 - 7.952.

Simplifying further, we have:

5.6n = -0.152.

Now that we have eliminated the constant term, we can proceed to solve for n in the final step.

But to specifically answer the question, the second step was to subtract 1.42 from both sides.