VOCABULARY
SAME SIDE
SAME OPERATION
x-5
3/4 = x/8
x=6
5x+11=4x+18
7
-6k+7k
1k
OPPOSITE SIDE
OPPOSITE OPERATION
THE SUM OF X AND 5
x+5
56/y=14/3
y=12
-6=2(w+5)
w=-8
12y+5+3y-5
15
ALWAYS COMBINE
LIKE TERMS
THE DIFFERENCE OF X AND 11
x-11
18/n=54/n+40
n=20
4(w+3)=w-15
w=-9
2(3x+1)+4x
2(5x+1)
DISTRIBUTE
MULTIPLY TO ALL
A NUMBER SQUARED
d/d-30=13/8
d=78
16p-4=4(2p-3)
p=-1
-2y-(x+y)+4x
-3y+-3x
CONSTANT
A TERM THAT HAS A VALUE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE
MULTIPLY 6 BY 2 AND THEN ADD 6
6 + 6 x 2
1/9=a/a+24
a=3
7+x=1/4(4x-2)
x=0
f+5(2x-3f)-2x
-14f+8x