Problem 1:
11-c = -17
First, we need to isolate the term with the variable. We can simply do that by subtracting 11 from both sides as follows:
11-11-c = -17-11
-c = -28
Then, we will multiply both sides by -1 to get the positive value of c as follows:
-c x -1 = -28 x -1
c = 28
Problem 2:
1/2 y + 1/5 = 1/2
First, we need to isolate the term with the variable by subtracting 1/5 from both sides as follows:
1/2 y = 1/2 - 1/5 = 3/10
Then, we will get rid of the coefficient in the term with variable by dividong both sides with 1/2, this will give the following output:
y = 3/5
