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Question 145465: What does it mean when you have a sum, say for instance: y=2x+10 and it asks you what the value of x is?
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=2x+10 and it asks you what the value of x is?
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I think it means you should solve for x, write it this way:
2x + 10 = y
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Subtract 10 from both sides
2x = y - 10
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Divide both sides by 2:
x =

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