You can put this solution on YOUR website! The equation will be in balance if and only if the side is equal to side; so, finding the lowest whole number ratio of coefficients that will balance the equation. One way to find this ratio is to set one of the unknown coefficients equal to 1 and solve for the remaining coefficient will help you to balance it.
Remember, the idea is to "balance" the equation, so what you do to one side, you must do to the other.
Equations involving unknown variables are solved by balancing the left member and the right member.
For example, in the equation , I know that the left member must equal for it to balance with the right member. This means would be because .
That one is easy enough to do the math without a formal procedure. But because algebraic equations can become much longer and more calculated, a system is to for and balance equations.
