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In every formula, there are numbers and unknown values. What has to be done is to perform the calculation by removing the known value and leaving the unknown. For instance; x+3=5. In this case, one has two values that must be removed to discover the unknown value.

So one has to perform the inversion of the formula to solve for the unknown quantity. Therefore, we "flip" the equation. Since X is the unknown, we must use what we have. Therefore we subtract (doing the inverse of the stated equation) 3 from the total of 5. The sum of the answer will give the unknown quantity, in this case 2. To prove that you are right, you "plug in" the value that you have solved for into the missing value space and perform the equation to see if the answer is correct.

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