Pre-Algebra : Algebraic Equations

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Example Questions

Example Question #55 : Evaluate Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.2c

Solve:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Solve by adding seven on both sides of the equation.  This will isolate  on both sides of the equation.

Add the left side of the equation.

Add the right side of the equation.

The answer is .

Example Question #53 : One Step Equations

Solve for :

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this equation, we must isolate  on the left side by multiplying each side by , as follows:

Therefore, the correct answer is .

Example Question #52 : One Step Equations With Integers

Solve for x in the following equation.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When solving for x, we want x to be alone.  Therefore, in the equation

we add 12 to both sides. 

Example Question #57 : Evaluate Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.2c

Solve:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve for , we must isolate it to one side of the equation, as follows:

Example Question #54 : One Step Equations

Find the solution for the variable m.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the solution we must isolate the variable m. The first step is to subtract 346 from both sides as follows:

We can check the answer by plugging in our solution of 765 into the original equation. 

It works.

Example Question #231 : Expressions & Equations

Solve for

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Example Question #1 : One Step Equations With Fractions

Solve for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Isolate the variable to one side.

Multiply each side by :

Simplify and reduce:

Example Question #2 : One Step Equations With Fractions

Solve for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Step 1: Multiply both sides of the equation by the fraction's reciprocal to get alone on one side:

Step 2: Multiply:

 

Example Question #3 : One Step Equations With Fractions

Solve for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The goal is to isolate the variable on one side.

The opposite operation of division is multiplication, therefore , multiply each side by :

The left hand side can be reduced by recalling that anything divided by itself is equal to 1:

The identity law of multiplication takes effect and we get the solution as:

Example Question #3 : One Step Equations With Fractions

Solve for :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The goal is to isolate the variable on one side.

The opposite operation of multiplication is division, therefore, we can either divide each side by  or multiply each side by its reciprocal :

The left hand side can be reduced by recalling that anything multiplying a fraction by its reciprocal is equal to 1:

The identity law of multiplication takes effect and we get the solution as:

However, this solution can be reduced by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 3:

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