There is nothing added to or subtracted from the term involving the " r ".
So we can simply put the " p " and the " t " underneath both sides of the
equation and then cancel them away on the right, leaving only the " r ".
So we put " p*t " underneath both sides of the equation, like this
Then we cancel the " p "'s and the " t "'s on the right, like this:
Then all that's left on the right that didn't cancel was the " r ". So we
have:
And then it's customary to write the final answer so that the letter
being solved for is on the left.
Edwin