Title | BA 3.4 General Equations II 20f |
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Course | Beginning Algebra |
Institution | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
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BA3.4GeneralEquationsII20f
June22,2020
BA3.4GeneralEquationsII Solveanequationoftheformax+b=cx+d Solveanequationcontainingparentheses
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Rememberthat"solvingalinearequation"meansdeterminingwhich valueofvariable(usually"x")makesamathstatementtrue Let'stalkabouttheprocedurefirst,thendoexamples.
ProceduretosolveaLinearEquationinOneVariable
Rememberthatthegoalistoisolatethevariableonone sidewiththenumbersontheotherside(Ex."x=2",or +1x=2) Itdoesn'tmatterwhichsidethevariablegoeson.Ifit makesthingseasierforyou,justpickasidewherethe variablewillalwaysgo.
BA3.4GeneralEquationsII20f
June22,2020
CLEARPARENTHESES 5(3x+1)
5(3x1)
5(3x+1)
5(3x+1)
WhatisaLIKETERM? Termsareliketermsiftheyeachhavethesame variablesandthecorrespondingvariablesareraisedto thesamepowers. LIKEterms 3band5b 9pqandpq 5wand2w LIKEORUNLIKE? 1. 3xand5x 2. 3xand3 3. 17abandab 4. 17xand17xc
UNliketerms 5cand7d 4pand4q 5wand5
BA3.4GeneralEquationsII20f
June22,2020
Wesawtheadditionandsubtractionmethodsearlier.Now wejusthavetoremembertoaddandsubtractawayfromthe variablefirst.Ahinttorememberisthatthosethingsthatare addedtothevariablearefartherawayfromthevariable.It's likecleaningyourclosetgetridofthingsthatyouareless attachedto. VIDEO bRJF39XAfoQ
Example: 3x+5=0 Movethe5totheothersidebecauseitislessattachedto thevariable.
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SOLVE. 2x7=11
2=
6x4=2x8
Whereshould thevariablego?
BA3.4GeneralEquationsII20f
SOLVE.
7+3=2(p3)
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2.2y8.3=6.2y+12.1
2+7x5=6(x+3)+2x
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9(z3)+4z=4z5(z+2)6
Afterworkingonanequation,iftheansweryougetis somethinglike"4=5",thenthatiscalledaContradiction,and thereisnosolution. Iftheansweryougetissomethinglike"4=4",thenthe solutionisthesetofallrealnumbers.(anynumbercanbea solution)...