document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=831787>Question 831787</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose that I gave you an equation that looked like xyz = 2rac and asked you to solve for c. Of what benefit would solving for the c variable be? What would it tell you? Would you need to follow valid algebraic techniques to solve for the c variable? What algebraic technique would be employed here to solve for the c variable? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #501654 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39838)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=501654\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are asking a hypothetical question and could just as well be asking a realistic application question.  You would obtain a formula FOR c instead of just a formula WITH c.  As written, what would YOUR formula mean?  Would you want to find the value for c, but you have it embedded in an expression in a formula which looks different?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Imagine a real situation in which you know the values for x, y, z, r, and a, but you need to know and make practical use of the value for c.  You solve the equation which contains c for the variable c; and so you will then have a way to compute c.   </SPAN>\n" );
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