High School Math : How to solve one-step equations with integers in pre-algebra

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Example Question #41 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve the following equation for :

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this one-step algebraic equation, we use opposite operations. The variable  in this equation is being subtracted by 7. The opposite operation to subtraction is addition; therefore, we add 7 to both sides of the equation.

Example Question #42 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve the following equation for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this one-step algebraic equation, we use opposite operations. The variable  in this equation is being added to the number 7. The opposite operation to addition is subtraction; therefore, we subtract 7 from both sides of the equation.

Example Question #43 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve the following equation for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this one-step algebraic equation, we use opposite operations. The variable  in this equation is being multiplied by the number . The opposite operation to multiplication is division; therefore, we divide both sides of the equation by

Example Question #44 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve the following equation for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this one-step algebraic equation, we use opposite operations. The variable  in this equation is being subtracted by the number 3. The opposite operation to subtraction is addition; therefore, we add 3 to both sides of the equation.

 

Example Question #45 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve the following equation for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this one-step algebraic equation, we use opposite operations. The variable  in this equation is being multiplied by the number . The opposite operation to multiplication is division; therefore, we divide both sides of the equation by

Example Question #46 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve the following equation for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this one-step algebraic equation, we use opposite operations. The variable  in this equation is being divided by the number 3. The opposite operation to division is multiplication; therefore, we multiply both sides of the equation by 3.

Example Question #47 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

Solve the following equation for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this one-step algebraic equation, we use opposite operations. The variable  in this equation is being added to the number 5. The opposite operation to addition is subtraction; therefore, we subtract 5 from both sides of the equation.

Example Question #41 : How To Solve One Step Equations With Integers In Pre Algebra

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Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We want to isolate . That means we need to get just on the left side of the equation.

Divide both sides by .

Example Question #181 : Pre Algebra

Solve for  when 

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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 multiplied by a number, we must divide both sides of the equation by the number.

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

The 's cancel to leave  by itself 

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

Example Question #182 : Pre Algebra

Solve for  when 

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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 .

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