What is n - 8 = -3 because i cannot seem to figure it out

n=5

Step-by-step explanation:

+8 to both sides to remove the eight -3+8=five the only things left are n and 5 so n=5

because they could drop even lower..

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!