What do we do to both sides of the equation? X-8=3

Element x decays radioactively with a half life of 8 minutes. if there are 450 grams of element x, how long, to the nearest tenth of a minute, would it take the element to decay to 37 grams?

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Giuseppi's pizza had orders for $931.00 of pizzas. the prices were $21 for a large pizza, 514 for a medium pizza, and $7 for a small pizza. the number of large pizzas was two less than four times the number of medium pizzas. thenumber of small pizzas was three more than three times the number of medium pizzas. how many of each size of pizza were ordered?