What plus 48 equals 8?

This is how to calculate "What plus 48 equals 8?" In other words, what do you add to 48 to get 8? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "What" is what we want to solve:

What + 48 = 8

To solve this equation, we first add -48 to each side of the equal sign like this:

What + 48 - 48 = 8 - 48

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "What plus 48 equals 8?" as follows:

What = -40

The answer to "What plus 48 equals 8?" is -40. You know this answer is correct because -40 plus 48 equals 8.

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