What is the first step when solving this equation for t? 31-12t = 211

A. combine 31-12
B. add 12 to both sides
C. add 31 to both sides sides
D. subtract 31 from both sides

D. subtract 31 from both sides

you cant combine cuz theyre not like terms and you have to undo the constant number before you undo the second term in the equation so you will end up needing to do letter choice D first.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Explanation:

The expression 31-12t is the same as 31+(-12t). Adding a negative is the same as subtracting a positive.

Then we can flip the two terms getting -12t+31. This is because we can add two numbers in any order.

So we're effectively solving -12t+31 = 211

The first step is to subtract 31 from both sides to undo the +31. We follow PEMDAS in reverse to isolate the variable.

check the picture below.

well, the angle at the vertex d is clearly not a right-angle, let's check for the one at the vertex f which does look like,   however if it's indeed, that means ef is perpendicular to df, in which case their slopes will be negative reciprocal of each other.

so the negative reciprocal of the slope of ef is 1, however the slope of df is not 1, is 1/2, so nope, they're not perpendicular lines.

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the answer is d