Question

What is the solution to 5z + 16 = 34 _ z ?
If there is ANY work please include thank you:)

Answer 1

This problem is quite confusing indeed. Perhaps there must have been a typographical error in the given problem. However I dug up on other sources and I found out that the right form of the equation is:

5 z + 16 = 34 – z

We can see that in the box it is the minus sign which is lacking. Anyway there are only 2 options that could fill in the box, either plus or minus. If for instance we had multiplication or division in the box, it would result in more than 1 solution.

So now we can solve this problem by simple operations:

5 z + z = 34 – 16

6 z = 18

z = 18 / 6

z = 3

Therefore the answer is:

G. 3