SOLUTION: what does "for" stand for in a question? is it a division term or a multipulcation term please tell me i need to finish my homework!!!

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Question 23667: what does "for" stand for in a question? is it a division term or a multipulcation term please tell me i need to finish my homework!!!
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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I think it probably means different things in different situations.

For example, the instructions for a set of problems may say "Solve each of the following equations." Then you will have a list of exercises and you might have a problem that says: 3x+2y =6, for y. What that means is to take the given equation and solve FOR y. In other words the "for" tells you what variable to solve FOR. Does that help?

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