SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS
Recall the following:
- A linear equation is a polynomial of degree 1.
- In order to solve for the unknown variable, you must isolate
the variable.
- In the order of operations, multiplication and division are completed
before addition and subtraction.
LINEAR EQUATION - Solve for x in the following equation.
Example 2:
The answer is x=1
Check the solution by substituting 1 in the original equation
for x. If the left side of the equation equals the right side of the
equation after the substitution, you have found the correct answer.
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Left Side:
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Right Sides:
Since the left side of the original equation equals the right
side of the original equation when the value 1 is substituted for x,
the solution x = 1 is verified.
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