Lesson 200 of 1524
1.9 Choosing the Correct Variable to Solve For, Part 2
You then rearranged the equation to find the number of cars and number of trucks that could be in the shipment
Practice this chapterYou then rearranged the equation to find the number of cars and number of trucks that could be in the shipment You rearranged the equations to help solve for the number of workers that could be hired and the number of miles of roads that could be resurfaced.
Solving for different variables in an equation can help you answer different questions Solving for the specific variable would help you find the number of child or adult tickets sold at the carnival
Be able to solve an equation for one of the variables.
Worked example
What does this chapter state?
- 1You then rearranged the equation to find the number of cars and number of trucks that could be in the shipment
- 2That claim is the chapter’s own statement.
- 3Answer from the claim, not from where the chapter sits in the book.
Result: You then rearranged the equation to find the number of cars and number of trucks that could be in the shipment
Why. The sentence is taken from this chapter’s summary or key concepts.
Answer with the meaning this chapter gives. A nearby idea from the same book is a different term.
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