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What is the difference between Solve and Evaluate and Simplify?
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Solve: Find a definite answer to X or Y or whatever.
Evaluate: Find out a definite answer to the equation.
Simplify: No definite answer.
To evaluate usually implies plugging in the values for the variables.
i.e. Evaluate 3x²+2 when x=5. The value of the expression (or its evaluation) is 77 ■
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Explain the difference between the directions solve evaluate and simplify?
To solve would be to rewrite the equation in terms of the variable in the equation. For example, solve: 3x-2=7. You would solve for the variable x; e.g. 3x=9 and x=3. To evaluate, you would be given an equation with a variable or variables. You would need to be given a value for the variable(s) to substitute into the equation. For example evaluate the equation for x=3; equation is x2+1. Substitute 3 in for x; or 32+1=10. To simplify, reduce the equation to its simplest form. This will involve operations such as: factoring, adding, subtracting, dividing, canceling terms, and so forth. For example simplify the equation: 3x3/9x2. The 3/9 is simplified to 1/3 and x3/x2 is simplified to x. So the original equation simplified is: 1/3 times x or (1/3)x or x/3.Which is the right answer for most of you who does not know.
What is a simplify equation?
To simplify an equation is to combine like terms, but you do not solve it for example: simplify 3X+4-X-6 2X-2
Evaluate 9 to the second power?
evaluate means the same thing as solve in most math terms so9^2= 81
Can you solve for a variable in an expression?
No, you can only simplify an expression. To solve for a variable, it must be in an equation.
How do you solve this equation- 3w 419-2w?
That's not an equation. It need a = sign before you can solve it. However you can simplify it by combining like factors
How can you evaluate something?
To solve or simplify something
What is the difference between simplifying and solving in math?
You simplify expressions and solve equations. You don't simplify something that has an equal sign, and you don't solve something that doesn't have an equal sign. For examples, you simplify 2/4 and solve x + 0 = 1
How Can You Solve A Radical Expression?
It depends on what you mean by solve: simplify, evaluate or rationalise the denominator. The answer will also depend on the radical expression.
What are the 4 algebraic processes?
1. Simplify 2. Factor 3.Evaluate 4. Solve
What does it mean to evaluate an algebraic expression?
meaning to evaluate the variable in an expression. An algebraic expression is also a problem that contains no equals sign and you don't solve it, rather you simplify it.It means to solve something.
What is the difference between evaluate and calculate in maths?
Evaluate means to do whatever needs to be done. Like simplifying a fraction or a percentage conversion from a decimal. Calculate is to solve, like what times what or divide etc
Explain the difference between the directions solve evaluate and simplify?
To solve would be to rewrite the equation in terms of the variable in the equation. For example, solve: 3x-2=7. You would solve for the variable x; e.g. 3x=9 and x=3. To evaluate, you would be given an equation with a variable or variables. You would need to be given a value for the variable(s) to substitute into the equation. For example evaluate the equation for x=3; equation is x2+1. Substitute 3 in for x; or 32+1=10. To simplify, reduce the equation to its simplest form. This will involve operations such as: factoring, adding, subtracting, dividing, canceling terms, and so forth. For example simplify the equation: 3x3/9x2. The 3/9 is simplified to 1/3 and x3/x2 is simplified to x. So the original equation simplified is: 1/3 times x or (1/3)x or x/3.Which is the right answer for most of you who does not know.
What does it mean to evaluate a formula?
To evaluate a formula is to try and solve or simplify it. For instance f(x) = 2x*4x-1x+6 f(x) = 7x+6 f(3) = 7*3+6
What does evaluate means in math terms?
it means to solve an problemEx.evaluate5+6=A:11so evaluate means to solve a problem
How do you solve -3x-52x?
you cant solve but you can simplify -55x
What does to evaluate mean in math?
Evaluate is just the big scary word for solve it, seriously couldn't they just say solve?
How do you simplify exponents?
just solve it yes you have to solve but he is asking you how to solve and also what are the steps to solve the specific answer.
