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| When you get a variable alone on one side of an equation. (This is the goal when you solve an equation!) |
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| Terms that have identical variable parts |
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4x and -10x
9 and 7
-5.6y, 3y, y |
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| "Outside times the first one, outside times the second one." a(b+c)=ab+ac |
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| The lowest multiple that is shared (or in common) by all of the numbers. |
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| When there is NO value of the variable that makes the two sides equal (or true). |
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| Infinitely Many Solutions |
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| When EVERY value of the variable makes the two sides equal. |
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| Example of Infinitely Many Solutions |
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| The LCM of 5, 6, and 15 is 30. |
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| Example of the Distributive Property |
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