Alter the equation.
Say your equation is A/B = C and instead of finding C (maybe you have that already), you want to find B. You have to begin by canceling out A on the right side to get B alone.
REMEMBER: WHAT YOU DO TO ONE SIDE, YOU DO TO THE OTHER.
So, in order to cancel out division, A/B, you do the opposite: multiply.
So, multiply A times A/B and do the same on the other side:
A x A/B = C x A
the A's on the right side cancel out, and you are left with B = C x A
Bam, it's gold. Rearrange equations and you're good to go.
The variables may have different values.
Such an equation has an infinite set of solutions. You can solve the equation for one variable, in terms of the other. Then, by replacing different values for one of the variables, you can get different solutions.
"Solve an equation" means "find out, for which values of the variable or variables is the equation true".
You don't use unknown variables to solve an equation. The purpose of solving an equation is to find the value of the variable so that it's no longer unknown.
You need another equation to make this a linear equation so you can solve for both variables. One equation with two variables is not enough to determine the correct answer.
In an equation, the letters represent variables that can take on different values. Each letter represents a specific quantity or value that is being referred to in the equation. The goal is to solve for these variables to determine their values and make the equation true.
You isolate variables in math because the point of an equation is to solve for the variables. By isolating the variables you have learned what that variable stands for and thus solved the equation.
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You first have to get rid of the numbers that don't have variables. then you divide by the variable and solve for it.
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Use a variable to represent the unknown. 'Translate' the words to math symbols and write an equation to solve. Solve the equation. Check.
A calculator can be used to proportions to answer a equation. This is easier to solve when having variables on both sides.