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Solve for X
Symbols used in formulas
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3 - 5x + 8y - 4
-1 - 5x +8y
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Isolate the variable
What is the key step in solving for X ?
100
A
What is the symbol for area in a formula?
100
A = length x width
What is formula for the area of a rectangle
100
variable
what is a letter or symbol that replaces a number
200
Combine like terms
What is the first step when solving for X ?
200
Length
What is does the symbol L stand for?
200
Perimeter = 2(L) + 2(W)
What is formula for the perimeter of a rectangle?
200
Coefficient
What is a number that is multiplied by a variable (located next to the variable) example: 9x or 43y
300
LCD Lowest Common Denominator
How do you clear the fractions in a equation? What do you multiply every term by?
300
w
What is the symbol for width?
300
formula for the perimeter of a square
What is P = 4 x s
300
Exponent
What is a raised number that signifies how many times something is multiplied by itself
400
b
What is the symbol for base?
400
Area = ½ (b x h)
What is the formula for the area of a triangle?
400
Mathematical expression
an equation without an answer sign
500
Linear equation
What is a algebraic equation of one degree?