An employee took 5 vacation days bringing his new vacation day balance to 8 days. Which equation can be used to find, x, the number of vacation days the employee had before using 5 vacation days?

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Required

Determine the equation to find initial days of vacation

This is represented with x.

To get a total of 8 days vacation, we must have the following expression.

Substitute values for initial days, additional days and total. So, we have

Hence, the required expression is:

-12 > a

step-by-step explanation:

-11 > 1 + a

subtract 1 from each side

-11 -1> 1 -1+ a

-12 > a