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Rearrange a literal equationTactic

Tactic

Rearrange a literal equation

Solve for one letter as if the rest were numbers

10 min 6 stepsGraded practice at the end

Getting one letter alone is the whole job. Teachers used to do that to me, usually by moving my desk next to theirs.

Meet it
Spot it
Run it
Dodge the traps
Play with it
Prove it

The first step is free. A free account opens the rest.

Calls on

Isolate a variableTechniqueUndo each operation, in reverse, on both sides
Clear fractions and decimalsTechniqueMultiply every term once and the fractions are gone
Distribute and expandTechniqueMultiply every term by every term, signs included
Match coefficientsTechniqueTurn one identity into one equation per power

Other routes

Plug in concrete numbersTacticSwap letters for numbers, then match the choice