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Algebra 1: Solve for a variable help?
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(10-25-2010, 07:34 PM)L3g1tWa5te Wrote: Ok... This is what they want me to do.

Solve each equation or formula for the variable specified.

v = r + at, for a.

3/5m + a = b, solve for m.

3ax - n over 5 = -4, for x.

PLEASE EXPLAIN... Its not making any sense!

To solve for a variable means to get it alone. So if they tell you to solve for a, the outcome should look like "a = ..."

For example:

v = r + at
v - r = at
(v - r) / t = a
a = (v - r) / t


I subtracted the r from both sides to move it to the left. Then divided both sides by t. What gets left at the end is an equation solved for a
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RE: Algebra 1: Solve for a variable help? - by Disease - 10-26-2010, 08:23 AM

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