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Let's say you are given a complex equation involving two variables, x and y, and say you are asked to solve for x, but x is located on both sides of the equals sign. Using various algebraic techniques, you will have to manipulate the equation so that the x is by itself on one side of the equation and everything else is on the other side. That is called isolating the variable.

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