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How can we solve linear equations in one variable

User Seungyeon
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You would need to use the inverse operations.
For example, here is the equation 5x=50
You would need to divide 5 on both sides leaving x and 10
Therefore x would equal 10
Hope this helped! :-)
User Dani Gehtdichnixan
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here is an example:
x-5=3
x-5+5=3+5 => we add five on both sides
x=8
User Ian Van Ness
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