6/ 5 Solving algebraic equations
Simplify this expression: -9x + 8 + -11x + 14
-20x + 22
According to the distributive property, 3(x + 7) is the same as...
3x + 21
What is the factored form for this expression: 4x + 20?
4(x + 5)
Keeping an equation in balance requires you to...
do the same thing to both sides of the equation
Solving an equation means to...
find the value of the variable that makes the equation true
When you solve an algebraic equation, you undo operations...
one at a time, using the reverse of the order of operations
If -4x = 24, what is x?
x = -6
If 2x + 11 = 41, what is x?
x = 15
If x/5 - 4 = 8, what is x?
x = 60
If -9x = -72, what is x?
x = 8