This article will learn how to solve an equation by performing the four basic mathematical operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Addition and subtraction are inverse operations, as are multiplication and division. To solve an equation means to isolate the unknown, x, on the left of the = sign. Numbers therefore must be shifted from one side of an equation to the other. We can do that by writing them on the other side with the inverse operation.

Do unto one side of the equation, what you do to the other! An equation is like a balance scale. If we put something on, or take something off of one side, the scale (or equation) is unbalanced. When solving math equations, we must always keep the ‘scale’ (or equation) balanced so that both sides are ALWAYS equal.

The goal in solving an equation is to get the variable by itself on one side of the equation and a number on the other side of the equation. To isolate the variable, we must reverse the operations acting on the variable. We do this by performing the inverse of each operation on both sides of the equation.

After simplifying, the first step in solving an equation with a variable on both sides is to get the variable on one side. This is done by reversing the addition or subtraction of one of the terms with the variable.

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