#x + y = z" "# what is x?
2 Answers
A variable .
Explanation:
It is a variable from the first term in the expression or equation.
Explanation:
This may already be known to you but stick with it.
The word equation has a direct link to the word equals as far as mathematics goes.
Stating the obvious but the highlighting of the fact is very important; the value on one side of the equals must be exactly the same as the value on the other side.
As an example:
But we may if we chose write 5 as
What we do to one side of the equation we also do to the other side.
Subtract
The above is using the first principle method.
Shortcut methods are the same as first principle but they jump steps.
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Given:
subtract