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It means to find what numbers the variables (the letters) must be

in order to make the equation a true statement.

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What does solve an equation mean?

an equation is a number sentence with and = sign


What is x2plus6xplus 5?

What do you mean by "solve"? This is not an equation.


What does solution of the equation mean?

its mean solve the problem, to fine the solution like what makes it work.


What does solve the equation mean?

Find values for the variable that satisfy the equation, that is if you replace those values for the variable into the original equation, the equation becomes a true statement.


Can you solve for a variable in an equation?

Sure. You can always 'solve for' a variable, and if it happens to be the only variable in the equation, than that's how you solve the equation.


Do you answer an equation?

you don't answer an equation, you solve an equation


How do you solve the equation by using the zero element?

Not sure what you mean by "zero element". If an expression is equal to zero, and you can factor it, then at least one of the factors must be zero; this is often useful to solve an equation.


What dose it mean to solve an equation?

It means to find what numbers the variables (the letters) must be in order to make the equation a true statement.


What are some ways to solve an equation?

solve it


What equation do you get when you solve 2x plus 3y 12 for y?

If you solve such an equation for "y", you get an equation in the slope-intercept form.


What does it mean when a math problem ask you to find the known fact?

It means to solve what is known (answer the equation)


Can you solve the equation 3q 11 8q99?

It is not an equation if it does not have an equals sign. You could simplify it but not solve it.