High School Math : High School Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #17 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for  if

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve for  we must get all of the numbers on the other side of the equation as .

To do this in a problem where  is being divided by a number, we must multiply both sides of the equation by the number.

In this case the number is  so we multiply each side of the equation by  to make it look like this

 

The 's on the left side cancel so we only have .

Then we perform the necessary multiplication to get the answer of .

Example Question #12 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for if 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve for  we must get all of the numbers on the other side of the equation as .

To do this in a problem where a number is being added to , we must subtract the number from both sides of the equation.

In this case the number is  so we subtract  from each side of the equation to make it look like this 

The s on the left side cancel to get 

Then we perform the necessary subtraction to get the answer of  .

Example Question #19 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for the value of .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We need to isolate the variable. Subtract  from both sides

Example Question #20 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Subtract  from both sides.

Example Question #21 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve , we need to isolate . That means we need to divide both sides by .

Example Question #22 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve , we need to isolate . That means we have to divide both sides by .

 is an improper fraction, so convert it to .

Example Question #22 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve , isolate . That means subtracting  from both sides.

Example Question #23 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve , we need to isolate . That means we need to divide both sides by .

Example Question #24 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve , we need to multiply both sides by .

Example Question #151 : Pre Algebra

Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve , add  to both sides to isolate our variable.

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