What are like terms?
Terms with the same variable and exponents
Solve: -36 = 12 + x
x = -48
Solve: - 4x + 4 = - 12
x = 4
Solve: 5(x - 3) = 20
x = 7
Solve: 4x + 4 = 7x - 8
4 = x
What is a variable?
A variable is a letter that represents a number (ex. x, t, y)
Solve: 12 = x - 7
19 = x
Solve: 48 = 8 + 4a
10 = a
Solve: 2(x + 4) = 22
x = 7
Solve: 7x - 5 = 3x + 15
x = 5
What is a coefficient?
The number in front of a variable
Solve: 36f = 6
f = 1/6
Solve: a/4 = 6 + 5
a = 44
Solve: 35 = - (7 - x)
42 = x
Solve: -x + 36 - 7x = 7x - 9
3 = x
What is a constant?
A number by itself
Solve: -12 = a/4
- 48 = a
Solve: 6 + a/5 = 0
a = - 30
Solve: 3b - 2(b - 8) = 38
b = 22
Solve: - 4x + 22 - x = 47 - 4x
- 25 = x
What does standard form mean?
Exponents in order from greatest to least
Solve: 36 = - 6/7y
-42 = y
Solve: 11 + a/12 = 13
a = 24
Solve: 7 = 2y - 4(2 + y) + 3y
15 = y
Solve: 2(x - 3) + 5x = - 12 - 8x + 12x
x = - 2