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Solve One-Step Equations

Isolate the variable using the inverse operation — and keep both sides of the equation balanced while you do it.

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What are we learning?

Solving an equation means finding the value of x that makes it true. The key idea: undo whatever is being done to x, using the opposite (inverse) operation.