What plus 5 equals 3?

This is how to calculate "What plus 5 equals 3?" In other words, what do you add to 5 to get 3? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "What" is what we want to solve:

What + 5 = 3

To solve this equation, we first add -5 to each side of the equal sign like this:

What + 5 - 5 = 3 - 5

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "What plus 5 equals 3?" as follows:

What = -2

The answer to "What plus 5 equals 3?" is -2. You know this answer is correct because -2 plus 5 equals 3.

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