Linear equations in one unknown involve an equation of the form ax + b = 0, where a and b are known numbers and x is the unknown. To solve the equation means to find the value of x that makes the equation true. If a is not equal to 0, the solution is x = -b/a. If a is equal to 0, there are two cases: if b is also 0, then x can be any number; if b is not 0, then there is no solution. The document provides examples of solving linear equations in one unknown through transferring terms and reducing similar terms.
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Linear equations in one unknown involve an equation of the form ax + b = 0, where a and b are known numbers and x is the unknown. To solve the equation means to find the value of x that makes the equation true. If a is not equal to 0, the solution is x = -b/a. If a is equal to 0, there are two cases: if b is also 0, then x can be any number; if b is not 0, then there is no solution. The document provides examples of solving linear equations in one unknown through transferring terms and reducing similar terms.
Linear equations in one unknown involve an equation of the form ax + b = 0, where a and b are known numbers and x is the unknown. To solve the equation means to find the value of x that makes the equation true. If a is not equal to 0, the solution is x = -b/a. If a is equal to 0, there are two cases: if b is also 0, then x can be any number; if b is not 0, then there is no solution. The document provides examples of solving linear equations in one unknown through transferring terms and reducing similar terms.
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Linear equations in one unknown involve an equation of the form ax + b = 0, where a and b are known numbers and x is the unknown. To solve the equation means to find the value of x that makes the equation true. If a is not equal to 0, the solution is x = -b/a. If a is equal to 0, there are two cases: if b is also 0, then x can be any number; if b is not 0, then there is no solution. The document provides examples of solving linear equations in one unknown through transferring terms and reducing similar terms.
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An equation of the shape: ax + b = 0, where a and b – the known numbers, x – an
unknown value, is called a linear equation in one unknown. To solve this equation means to find the numerical value of x , at which this equation becomes an identity.
If a is not equal to zero ( a ≠ 0 ), then a solution ( root ) has the shape:
If a = 0 , then the two cases are possible:
1. b = 0, then 0 · x + 0 = 0 . Here x can be any number ( check this ! ).
2. b ≠ 0, then 0 · x + b = 0 . There is no solution ( check this also ).
expressions: x2 + 2x = x2 – 2x + x – 2 . Transfer all terms to the
left-hand side of the equation. After reducing all similar terms we’ll receive: 3x + 2 = 0, hence x = – 2 / 3 .
1 Exercises:
1. Find x if:
3x 2 (a) = 2 3 ( b ) x − 7 = 13 ( c) 9 = 3 − x + 2
2. Find x in the following equations:
(a) 9 x − 5 x + 3 x = 28 ( b) − 5 x + 1 = x − 11 ( c) x − 3 = 2 x − 14
3. Solve the following equations:
(a) 7( x − 6) + 2( x − 7) = 5( x − 4) ( b) 5 x = 4( x + 1) ( c) 5( x + 1) − 16(4 − x) = 3(3 x − 4) − 11
4. Solve the following equations:
1 1 2x (a) ( x + 1) = ( x − 1) + 1 + 3 2 3 2x - 1 3 x + 1 2 ( b) − = 5 2 5 3 9 ( c) −4 = 3− 2x x x +1 x − 7 x + 4 ( d) − = 2 5 3
