SOLUTION: 2=5+r

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Question 1027648: 2=5+r
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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I imagine you wish to solve this...to do so, we try to isolate the variable by undoing what is currently being done to it...
Notice that in
2 = 5 + r
the five is being added to r...to undo that, we subtract five from both sides...we get
2 - 5 = 5 + r - 5
and
r = -3