Question

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

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Jonny is subtracting 8 from both sides of the equation in order to isolate the variable n on one side of the equation and make it have a coefficient of 1.