Vocabulary
A _____ is an unknown amount/quantity or value.
What is a variable?
3m-1=m+5
3m-1=m+5
2m=6
m=3
___ ___ have the same variable, or no variable at all.
What are like terms?
-6x(4-5)
-24x+30x = 6x
_____ means to put together; add
What is combine?
9-3d(6+9)
9-18d-27d
= 9-45d
-4(-5f-3) +11 - 2f
-4(-5f-3) +11 - 2f
20f+12+11-2f
18f+23
The three (or 5) steps to solving multi-equations are ...
1. Distribute
2. Combine like terms (Combine like terms on each side, get the variables on one side and constants on the other)
3. Solve (multiply or divide)
(h-9)/5=-10
h=-41
g-4m+2(m-3)+6-2g
g-4m+2(m-3)+6-2g
g-4m+2m-6+6-2g
-g-2m