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how can you determine which property of equality is needed to isolate a variable and solve a given equationA.use inverse relationships to undo the operation B.use the same operation to undo the operation C.use the distributive property to isolate the variableD.substitue the known values and simplicity

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Given any equation, for example:


4x-5=2x+3

To solve this equation you have to isolate the x term in one side of the equation and all other terms in the other side.

To "pass" one term from one side of the equation to the other, you have to apply the inverse operation to both sides of it, this way the term will be canceled in one side of the equation and remain in the other, for example the term "-5" its inverse operation is +5, apply it to both sides of the equation and:

Correct option: A.use inverse relationships to undo the operation

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