If you did not get the first four questions correct, watch the first 5 and a half minutes of the video. You can watch further if you are really comfortable with solving equations, but for most of you, that will be far enough.
Question 5
5.
Solve the equation. Show your steps.
Question 6
6.
Did you get x=-7 for your answer? How do you feel about solving these types of equations?
Question 7
7.
Solve the equation
Question 8
8.
Did you get x=20? How do you feel about problems like this?
Question 9
9.
Question 10
10.
Solve the equation
Question 11
11.
Solve the equation
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When we solve a linear equation, we are trying to...
Guess what the variable is.
Use inverse operations (undoing) to isolate the variable.
Eliminate the variable.
How do you solve the equation
Subtract 20 from both sides
Add 20 to both sides
Subtract 8 from both sides
Add 8 to both sides
None of these
How would you solve the equation below?
Multiply both sides of the equal sign by 4.
Subtract 4 from both sides of the equal sign.
Divide both sides of the equal sign by 4.
Divide both sides of the equal sign by 20.
Subtract 20 from both sides of the equal sign.
How would you solve the equation?
Add 2x and 6 to get 8x, then divide by 8
Divide both sides by 2, then subtract 6 from both sides
Subtract 6 from both sides, then divide both sides by 2