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What are similarities and difference between regular and literal equations?
by getting the variable by it's self
What is the definition of literal coefficient?
A literal cofficient is any variable in an algebraic expression. For example, in "21xyz", x, y, and z are literal coefficients.In math, a coefficient refers to a numerical or constant quantity placed before and multiplying the variable in an algebraic expression.
Why would you want to solve a literal equation for a variable when you could simply plug in known values and then solve the resulting linear equation?
if you solve by plugging in the known values ahead of time you won't have a general formula for the variable in the literal equation. Therefor if the known values change, you would have to start all over again, making each problem more individualized. Once the literal equation is solved for some variable, if the known values change all you have to do is plug in those new numbers to your literal equation, and out pops your answer
How would solving a literal equation differ from a one or two step equation?
The difference is that first you have to understand the problem and translate it into an equation (or equations).
What does a number by a another number mean?
If there is nothing in between them, it means multiplication A number multiplied by another, literal translation.
