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Literal Equations are what are commonly referred to as formulas, or formulae. They are recipes for finding the numeric value of a variable, assigned a "letter" name (hence "literal") that typically stands for some sort of real-world quantity, such as Volume, Temperature, Pressure, amount of interest an investment earned, and so on.
This variable has an established relationship to other quantities that are also assigned "letter" names in the recipe (the equation),that gives the relationship between (or among) the quantities. The deal is, if we know the values for all of the variables in the recipe except one, then we can plug those values into the recipe and solve for the one variable whose value we don't know.
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What is a special type of literal equation?
An identity is a special type of literal equation. It is true for all values of the variable.
An equation that contains two or more variables?
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What is the definition of literal equation?
Literal equation refers to an equation in which the variables represent known values. This type of equation allows the representation of things like distance, interest, time, and slope as variables in an equation.
What is literal equations?
A literal equation is an equation where variables represent known values. Literal equations allow us to represent things such as distance, time and interest as variables in the equation.. Using variables instead of words is a 'time saver'. For example d=rt. Meaning distance = rate and time
How does solving a literal equation differ from solving a linear equation?
Because linear equations are based on algebra equal to each other whereas literal equations are based on solving for one variable.
