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Lesson 3-1 Writing Equations
Lesson 3-2
Solving Equations by Using Addition and Subtra
Lesson 3-3 Solving Equations by Using Multiplication
and Division
Lesson 3-4 Solving Multi-Step Equations
Lesson 3-5 Solving Equations with the Variable
on Each Side
Lesson 3-6 Ratios and Proportions
Lesson 3-7 Percent of Change
Lesson 3-8 Solving Equations and Formulas
Lesson 3-9 Weighted Averages
Example 1 Translate Sentences into Equations
Example 2 Use the Four-Step Plan
Example 3 Write a Formula
Example 4 Translate Equations into Sentences
Example 5 Write a Problem
Translate this sentence into an equation.
A number b divided by three is equal to six less than c.
b divided by three is equal to six less than c.
Answer: The equation is .

Translate this sentence into an equation.
Fifteen more than z times six is y times two minus eleven.
Fifteen more than z times six is y times two minus eleven.
15 z 6 y 2 11
Translate each sentence into an equation.
a. A number c multiplied by six is equal to two more than d.
b. Three less than a number a divided by four is seven

more than 3 times b.
Jellybeans A popular jellybean
manufacturer produces 1,250,000
jellybeans per hour. How many
hours does it take them to
produce 10,000,000 jellybeans?
Explore You know that 1,250,000 jellybeans are

produced each hour. You want to know how
many hours it will take to produce 10,000,000
jellybeans.
Plan Write an equation to represent the situation.
Let h represent the number of hours needed to
produce the jellybeans.
1,250,000 times hours equals 10,000,000.
1,2500,000 h 10,000,000
Solve
Find h mentally by asking, “What number times
125 equals 1000?”
h=8
Answer: It will take 8 hours to produce
10,000,000 jellybeans.
Examine If 1,250,000 jellybeans are produced in one
hour, then 1,250,000 x 8 or 10,000,000
jellybeans are produced in 8 hours. The
answer makes sense.
A person at the KeyTronic World Invitational
Type-Off typed 148 words per minute. How
many minutes would it take to type 3552
words?
Answer: It would take 24 minutes.

Translate the sentence into a formula.
The perimeter of a square equals four times the length
of the side.
Words Perimeter equals four times the length
of the side.
Variables Let P = perimeter and s = length of a side.
Perimeter equals four times the length
of a side.
P 4s
Answer: The formula is .
Translate the sentence into a formula.
The area of a circle equals the product of π and the
square of the radius r.
Answer: The formula is .

Translate this equation into a verbal sentence.
12 2x 5
Twelve minus two times x equals negative

five.
Answer: Twelve minus two times x equals negative five.
Translate this equation into a verbal sentence.
a2 3b
a squared plus three times b equals c divided by six.

Answer: a squared plus three times b equals c divided
by six.
Translate each equation into a verbal sentence.
1.
Answer: Twelve divided by b minus four equals

negative one.
2.
Answer: Five times a equals b squared plus one.
Write a problem based on the given information.
f = cost of fries f + 1.50 = cost of a burger
4( f + 1.50) – f = 8.25
Answer: The cost of a burger is $1.50 more than the cost
of fries. Four times the cost of a burger minus the cost of
fries equals $8.25. How much do fries cost?
Write a problem based on the given information.
h = Tiana’s height in inches
h – 3 = Consuelo’s height in inches
3h(h – 3) = 8262
Answer: Consuelo is 3 inches shorter than Tiana. The
product of Consuelo’s height and three times Tiana’s is
8262. How tall is Tiana?
Example 1 Solve by Adding a Positive Number
Example 2 Solve by Adding a Negative Number
Example 3 Solve by Subtracting
Example 4 Solve by Adding or Subtracting
Example 5 Write and Solve an Equation
Example 6 Write an Equation to Solve a Problem
Solve . Then check your solution.
Original equation
Add 12 to each side.
Answer: and
To check that –15 is the solution, substitute –15 for h

in the original equation.
Answer: 40
Check:
Original equation
Add –63 to each side.
Answer: and
To check that 29 is the solution, substitute 29 for k in

the original equation.
Answer: –61
Check:
Original equation
Subtract 102 from each side.
Answer: and
To check that –66 is the solution, substitute –66 for c

in the original equation.
Answer: –171
Check:
Solve in two ways.
Method 1 Use the Subtraction Property of Equality.
Original equation
Subtract from each side.
Answer: and
or
Method 2 Use the Addition Property of Equality.
Original equation
Add to each side.
Answer: and
or
Solve .
Answer:
Write an equation for the problem. Then solve the
equation and check your solution.
Fourteen more than a number is equal to twenty-seven.
Find this number.
Fourteen more than a number is equal to twenty-seven.
14 n 27
Original equation

Answer: and
To check that 13 is the solution, substitute 13 for n in the

original equation. The solution is 13.
Twelve less than a number is equal to negative
twenty-five. Find the number.
Answer: –13
History The Washington
Monument in Washington, D.C.,
was built in two phases. From
1848–1854, the monument was
built to a height of 152 feet. From
1854 until 1878, no work was
done. Then from 1878 to 1888,
the additional construction
resulted in its final height of 555
feet. How much of the
monument was added during the
second construction phase?
Words The first height plus the additional height
equals 555 feet.
Variables Let a = the additional height.
The first height plus the additional height equals 555.
152 a 555
Original equation
and
Answer: There were 403 feet added to the Washington

Monument from 1878 to 1888.
The Sears Tower was built in 1974. The height to the
Sky Deck is 1353 feet. The actual recorded height is
1450 feet. In 1982, they added twin antenna towers,
which does not count for the record, for a total
structure height of 1707 feet. How tall are the twin
antenna towers?
Answer: 257 feet

Example 1 Solve Using Multiplication by a Positive
Number
Example 2 Solve Using Multiplication by a Fraction
Example 3 Solve Using Multiplication by a Negative
Number
Example 4 Write and Solve an Equation Using
Multiplication
Example 5 Solve Using Division by a Positive Number
Example 6
Solve Using Division by a Negative Number
Example 7
Write and Solve an Equation Using Division
Original equation
Multiply each side by 12.
Answer: and
To check that 9 is the solution, substitute 9 for s in the

original equation.
Solve .
Answer: 12
Original equation
Rewrite each mixed number

as in improper fraction.
Multiply each side by ,
the reciprocal of .
Answer: or Check this result.
To check that is the solution, substitute for
k in the original equation.

Solve .
Answer:
Solve .
Original equation
Multiply each side by ,

the reciprocal of –15.
Answer: Check this result.
To check that 5 is the solution, substitute 5 for b in the

original equation.
Solve .
Answer:
Space Travel Using information
from Example 4 in the Student
Edition, what would be the weight
of Neil Armstrong’s suit and life-
support backpack on Mars if three
times the Mars weight equals the
Earth weight?
Words Three times the weight on Mars equals the
weight on Earth.
Variables Let w = the weight on Mars.
Three times the weight on Mars equals the weight on Earth.
3 w 198
Original equation
Multiply each side by .
and
Answer: The weight of Neil Armstrong’s suit and life-

support backpacks on Mars would be 66 pounds.
Refer to the information about Neil Armstrong in
Example 4. If Neil Armstrong weighed 216 pounds
on Earth, how much would he weigh on Mars?
Answer: He would weigh 72 pounds on Mars.

Original equation
Divide each side by 11.
Answer: and
To check, substitute 13 for w.

Answer: 17
Check:
Solve .
Original equation
Divide each side by –8.
Answer: and
Solve .
Answer: –23
Write an equation for the problem below. Then solve
the equation.
Negative fourteen times a number equals 224.
Negative fourteen times a number equals 224.
–14 n 224
Original equation
Answer: Check this result.

Negative thirty-four times a number equals 578. Find
the number.
Answer: –17
Example 1 Work Backward to Solve a Problem
Example 2 Solve Using Addition and Division
Example 3 Solve Using Subtraction and Multiplication
Example 4 Solve Using Multiplication and Addition
Example 5 Write and Solve a Multi-Step Equation
Example 6 Solve a Consecutive Integer Problem
Danny took some rope with
him on his camping trip. He
used 32 feet of rope to tie his
canoe to a log on the shore.
The next night, he used half of the
remaining rope to secure his tent during a
thunderstorm. On the last day, he used 7 feet as a
fish stringer to keep the fish that he caught. After
the camping trip, he had 9 feet left. How much rope
did he have at the beginning of the camping trip?
Start at the end of the problem and undo each step.
Statement Undo the Statement
He had 9 feet left. 9
He used 7 feet as a
fish stringer.
9 + 7 = 16
He used half of the remaining
rope to secure his tent. 16 × 2 = 32
He used 32 feet to tie 32 + 32 = 64
his canoe.
Answer: He had 64 feet of rope. Check the
answer in the context of the problem.
Olivia went to the mall to spend some of her monthly
allowance. She put $10 away so it could be deposited
in the savings account at a later date. The first thing
she bought was a CD for $15.99. The next stop was to
buy hand lotion and a candle, which set her back
$9.59. For lunch, she spent half of the remaining
cash. She went to the arcade room and spent $5.00
and took home $1.21. How much was Olivia’s
monthly allowance?
Answer: $48.00
Original equation
Simplify.
Answer: Simplify.
To check, substitute 10 for q in the original
equation.
Solve .
Answer: 14
Original equation
Simplify.
Multiply each side by 12.
Answer: s = –240 Simplify.

To check, substitute –240 for s in the original equation.
Solve .
Answer: 363
Solve .
Original equation
Multiply each side by –3.
Simplify.
Add 8 to each side.
Answer: r = 14 Simplify.
Solve .
Answer: 21
Write an equation for the problem below. Then solve
the equation.
Eight more than five times a number is negative 62.
Eight more than five times a number is negative 62.
8 5 n 62
Original equation
Simplify.
Multiply each side by .
Answer: n = –14 Simplify.

Three-fourths of seven subtracted from a number is
negative fifteen. What is the number?
Answer: –13
Number Theory Write an equation for the problem
below. Then solve the equation and answer the
problem.
Find three consecutive odd integers whose sum is 57.
Let n = the least odd integer.
Let n + 2 = the next greater odd integer.
Let n + 4 = the greatest of the three odd integers.
The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 57.
= 57
Original equation
Simplify.

Simplify.
Simplify.
or 19 Answer: The consecutive

odd integers are
or 21 17, 19, and 21.
Find three consecutive even integers whose sum is 84.
Answer: 26, 28, 30
Example 1
Solve an Equation with Variables on Each Side
Example 2 Solve an Equation with Grouping Symbols
Example 3 No Solutions
Example 4 An Identity
Example 5 Use Substitution to Solve an Equation
Solve .
Original equation
Subtract 7s from each side.
Simplify.
Simplify.
Answer: s = 5 Simplify.
To check your answer, substitute 5 for s in the
original equation.
Solve .
Answer:
Original equation
Distributive Property
Subtract 12q from

each side.
Simplify.
Subtract 6 from
each side.
Simplify.
Answer: q = 6 Simplify.
To check, substitute 6 for q in the original equation.

Solve .
Answer: 36
Solve .
Original equation
Subtract 40c from

each side.
This statement is false.
Answer: There must be at least one c to represent the

variable. This equation has no solution.
Solve .
Answer: This equation has no solution.

Solve . Then check your
solution.
Original equation
Answer: Since the expression on each side of the

equation is the same, this equation is an identity. The
statement is true for all values of t.
Solve .
Answer: is true for all values of c.

Multiple-Choice Test Item
Solve .
A 13
B –13
C 26
D –26
Read the Test Item
You are asked to solve an equation.
Solve the Test Item
You can solve the equation or substitute each value
into the equation and see if it makes the equation
true. We will solve by substitution.
A: Substitute 13 for b.
B: Substitute –13 for b.
C: Substitute 26 for b.
D: Substitute –26 for b.
Answer: Since the value –26 makes the statement

true, the answer is D.
Multiple-Choice Test Item
Solve .
A 32
B –32
C 26
D –26
Answer: C
Example 1
Determine Whether Ratios Form a Proportion
Example 2 Use Cross Products
Example 3 Solve a Proportion
Example 4 Use Rates
Example 5 Use a Scale Drawing
Determine whether the ratios and form a
proportion.
Answer: The ratios are equal. Therefore, they form

a proportion.
Do the ratios and form a proportion?
Answer: The ratios are not equal. Therefore, they do

not form a proportion.
Use cross products to determine whether the pair
of ratios below forms a proportion.
Write the equation.
Find the cross products.

Simplify.
Answer: The cross products are not equal, so .

The ratios do not form a proportion.
Write the equation.

Simplify.
Answer: The cross products are equal, so .
Since the ratios are equal, they form a
proportion.
Answer: The cross products are equal. Therefore, the

ratios do form a proportion.
Answer: The cross products are not equal. Therefore,

the ratios do not form a proportion.
Solve the proportion .
Original equation
Simplify.
Answer: Simplify.
Solve the proportion .
Answer: 6.3
Bicycling The gear on a bicycle
is 8:5. This means that for every
eight turns of the pedals, the
wheel turns five times. Suppose
the bicycle wheel turns about
2435 times during a trip. How many times
would you have to turn the pedals during the trip?
Explore Let p represent the number of times needed
to crank the pedals.
Plan Write a proportion for the problem.
turns of the pedals turns of the pedals
wheel turns wheel turns

Solve Original proportion
Simplify.
Answer: 3896 = p Simplify.

Examine If it takes 8 turns of the pedal to make the
wheel turn 5 times, then it would take 1.6
turns of the pedal to make the wheel turn 1
time. So, if the wheel turns 2435 times, then
there are 2435 × 1.6 or 3896 turns of the
pedal. The answer is correct.
Before 1980, Disney created animated movies using
cels. These hand drawn cels (pictures) of the
characters and scenery represented the action
taking place, one step at a time. For the movie Snow
White, it took 24 cels per second to have the
characters move smoothly. The movie is around 42
minutes long. About how many cels were drawn to
produce Snow White?
Answer: About 60,480 cels were drawn to produce

Snow White.
Maps In a road atlas, the scale for the map of
Connecticut is 5 inches = 41 miles. The scale for the
map of Texas is 5 inches = 144 miles. What are the
distances in miles represented by 2.5 inches on
each map?
Explore Let d represent the actual distance.
Plan Write a proportion for the problem.
Connecticut:
scale
scale
actual actual
Texas:
scale
scale
actual actual
Solve Connecticut:
Simplify.
or 20.5 Simplify.
Solve Texas:
Simplify.
or 72 Simplify.
Answer: The actual distance in Connecticut represented
by 2.5 inches is 20.5 miles. The actual distance
in Texas represented by 2.5 inches is 72 miles.
Examine: 2.5 inches is of 5 inches. So 2.5 inches
represents (41) or 20.5 miles in Connecticut
and (144) or 72 miles in Texas. The answer

is correct.
The scale on a map of the United States is
inches = 750 miles. The distance, on the map,
between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., is
about inches. What is the distance in miles
between the two locations?
Answer: The distance in miles between Los Angeles

and Washington, D.C., is about 2,114 miles.
Example 1 Find Percent of Change
Example 2 Find the Missing Value
Example 3 Find Amount After Sales Tax
Example 4 Find Amount After Discount
State whether the percent of change is a percent of
increase or a percent of decrease. Then find the
percent of change.
original: 32
new: 40
Find the amount of change. Since the new amount is

greater than the original, the percent of change is a
percent of increase.
40 – 32 = 8
Find the percent using the original number, 32,
as the base.
change percent change
original amount 100 percent

Simplify.
Simplify.
Answer: The percent of increase is 25%.
State whether the percent of change is a percent of
increase or a percent of decrease. Then find the
percent of change.
original: 20
new: 4
Find the amount of change. Since the new amount is

less than the original, the percent of change is a percent
of decrease.
20 – 4 = 16
Find the percent using the original number, 20,
as the base.
original amount 100 percent

Simplify.
Simplify.
Answer: The percent of decrease is 80%.
a. State whether the percent of change is a percent
of increase or a percent of decrease. Then find
the percent of change.
original: 20
new: 18
Answer: The percent of change is a decrease of 28%.

b. State whether the percent of change is a percent
of increase or a percent of decrease. Then find
the percent of change.
original: 12
new: 48
Answer: The percent of change is an increase of 300%.

Sales The price a used-book store pays to buy a
book is $5. The store sells the book for 28% above
the price that it pays for the book. What is the
selling price of the $5 book?
Let s = the selling price of the book. Since 28% is the
percent of increase, the amount the used-book store
pays to buy a book is less than the selling price.
Therefore, s – 5 represents the amount of change.
book store cost 100 percent

Simplify.
Simplify.
Answer: The selling price of the $5 book is $6.40.
At one store the price of a pair of jeans is $26.00. At
another store the same pair of jeans has a price that
is 22% higher. What is the price of jeans at the
second store?
Answer: The price of jeans at the second store is $31.72.

Sales Tax A meal for two at a restaurant costs
$32.75. If the sales tax is 5%, what is the total price
of the meal?
The tax is 5% of the price of the meal.
Use a calculator.
Round $1.6375 to $1.64. Add this amount to the

original price.
Answer: The total price of the meal is $34.49.

A portable CD player costs $69.99. If the sales tax is
6.75%, what is the total price of the CD player?
Answer: The total price of the CD player is $74.71.

Discount A dog toy is on sale for
20% off the original price. If the
original price of the toy is $3.80,
what is the discounted price?
The discount is 20% of the original price.
Subtract $0.76 from the original price.
Answer: The discounted price of the dog

toy is $3.04.
A baseball cap is on sale for 15% off the original
price. If the original price of the cap is $19.99, what
is the discounted price?
Answer: The discounted price of the cap player is $16.99.

Example 1 Solve an Equation for a Specific Variable
Example 2 Solve an Equation for a Specific Variable
Example 3 Use a Formula to Solve Problems
Example 4 Use Dimensional Analysis
Solve for b.
Original equation
Subtract 12c from each side.
Simplify.

Simplify.
or
Answer: The value of b is .

Solve for y.
Answer: The value of y is .

Solve for x.
Original equation
Add xy to each side.
Simplify.
Add 2z to each side.
Simplify.
Use the Distributive

Property.
Divide each side
by 7 + y.
Answer: The value of x is . Since division by 0 is
undefined, .
Solve for a.
Answer: The value of a is .

Fuel Economy A car’s fuel economy E (miles per
gallon) is given by the formula , where m is
the number of miles driven and g is the number of
gallons of fuel used. Solve the formula for m.
Formula for fuel economy.
Multiply each side by g.
Answer: Simplify.
Fuel Economy If Claudia’s car has an average fuel
consumption of 30 miles per gallon and she used
9.5 gallons, how far did she drive?
Formula for how many miles driven
E = 30 mpg and g = 9.5 gallons
Multiply.
Answer: She drove 285 miles.

Fuel Economy A car’s fuel economy E (miles per
gallon) is given by the formula , where m is
the number of miles driven and g is the number of
gallons of fuel used. Solve the formula for g.
Answer:
If Claudia drove 1477 miles and her pickup has an
average fuel consumption of 19 miles per gallon,
how many gallons of fuel did she use?
Answer: She used around 77.74 gallons.

Geometry The formula for the volume of a cylinder
is , where r is the radius of the cylinder
and h is the height. Solve the formula for h.
Original formula
Divide each side by .
Answer:
Geometry What is the height of a cylindrical
swimming pool that has a radius of 12 feet and a
volume of 1810 cubic feet?
Formula for h
V = 1810 and r = 12
Use a calculator.
Answer: The height of the cylindrical swimming

pool is about 4 feet.
Geometry The formula for the volume of a cylinder
is , where r is the radius of the cylinder
and h is the height.
Solve the formula for r.
Answer:
What is the radius of a cylindrical swimming pool if
the volume is 2010 cubic feet and a height of 6 feet?
Answer: The radius is about 10 feet.

Example 1 Solve a Mixture Problem with Prices
Example 2 Solve a Mixture Problem with Percents
Example 3 Solve for Average Speed
Example 4 Solve a Problem Involving Speeds of
Two Vehicles
Pets Jeri likes to feed her cat gourmet cat food that
costs $1.75 per pound. However, food at that price is
too expensive so she combines it with cheaper cat
food that costs $0.50 per pound. How many pounds
of cheaper food should Jeri buy to go with 5 pounds
of gourmet food, if she wants the price to be $1.00
per pound?
Let w = the number of pounds of cheaper cat food.
Make a table.
Units (lb) Price per Unit Price
Gourmet cat food 5 $1.75 $8.75
Gourmet cat food w $0.50 0.5w
Mixed cat food 5+w $1.00 1.00(5 + w)

Write and solve an equation using the information
in the table.
Price of price of price of
gourmet cheaper mixed
cat food plus cat food equals cat food.
8.75 0.5w 1.00(5 + w)

Original equation
Subtract 0.5w from
each side.
Simplify.
Subtract 5.0 from
each side.
Simplify.
Divide each side

by 0.5.
Simplify.
Answer: Jerry should buy 7.5 pounds of cheaper cat

food to be mixed with the 4 pounds of gourmet cat
food to equal out to $1.00 per pound of cat food.
Cheryl has bought 3 ounces of sequins that cost
$1.79 an ounce. The seed beads cost $0.99 an
ounce. How many ounces of seed beads can she
buy if she only wants the beads to be $1.29 an
ounce for her craft project?
Answer: Cheryl should buy 4.6 ounces of beads.

Auto Maintenance To provide protection against
freezing, a car’s radiator should contain a solution
of 50% antifreeze. Darryl has 2 gallons of a 35%
antifreeze solution. How many gallons of 100%
antifreeze should Darryl add to his solution to
produce a solution of 50% antifreeze?
Let g = the number of gallons of 100% antifreeze to be
added. Make a table.
Amount of Solution Price
(gallons)
35% Solution 2 0.35(2)
100% Solution g 1.0(g)
50% Solution 2+g 0.50(2 + g)

in the table.
Amount of amount of amount of
antifreeze in antifreeze in antifreeze in
35% solution plus 100% solution equals 50% solution.
0.35(2) 1.0(g) 0.50(2 + g)

Original equation
Subtract 0.50g from
each side.
Simplify.
Subtract 0.70 from
each side.
Simplify.
Divide each side

by 0.50.
Simplify.
Answer: Darryl should add 0.60 gallons of 100%

antifreeze to produce a 50% solution.
A recipe calls for mixed nuts with 50% peanuts.
pound of 15% peanuts has already been used.
How many pounds of 75% peanuts needs to be add
to obtain the required 50% mix?
Answer: of a pound of 75% peanuts should be used.

Air Travel Mirasol took
a non-stop flight from
Newark to Austin to visit
her grandmother. The 1500-mile trip took three
hours and 45 minutes. Because of bad weather, the
return trip took four hours and 45 minutes. What was
her average speed for the round trip?
To find the average speed for each leg of the trip,

rewrite .
Going
Returning
Round Trip
Definition of weighted average
Simplify.
Answer: The average speed for the round trip was about
343.9 miles per hour.
In the morning, when traffic is light, it takes 30
minutes to get to work. The trip is 15 miles through
towns. In the afternoon when traffic is a little
heavier, it takes 45 minutes. What is the average
speed for the round trip?
Answer: The average speed for the round trip was about
23 miles per hour.
Rescue A railroad switching operator has
discovered that two trains are heading toward each
other on the same track. Currently, the trains are 53
miles apart. One train is traveling at 75 miles per
hour and the other train is traveling at 40 miles per
hour. The faster train will require 5 miles to stop
safely, and the slower train will require 3 miles to
stop safely. About how many minutes does the
operator have to warn the train engineers to stop
their trains?
Draw a diagram.
53 miles apart
Takes 5 miles to stop Takes 3 miles to stop

Let m = the number of minutes that the operator has to
warn the train engineers to stop their trains safely. Make
a table.
r t d = rt
Fast train 75 m 75m
Other train 40 m 40m

in the table.
Distance distance
traveled by traveled by
fast train plus other train equals 45 miles.
75m 40m 45
Original equation
Simplify.

Round to the nearest hundredth.
Convert to minutes by
multiplying by 60.
Answer: The operator has about 23 minutes to warn

the engineers.
Two students left the school on their bicycles at
the same time, one heading north and the other
heading south. The student heading north travels
15 miles per hour, and the one heading south
travels at 17 miles per hour. About how many
minutes will they be 7.5 miles apart?
Answer: They will be 7.5 miles apart in about 14 minutes.

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Answer: The equation is .

b. Three less than a number a divided by four is seven

Explore You know that 1,250,000 jellybeans are

Answer: It would take 24 minutes.

Answer: The formula is .

Twelve minus two times x equals negative

a squared plus three times b equals c divided by six.

Answer: Twelve divided by b minus four equals

Add 12 to each side.

To check that –15 is the solution, substitute –15 for h

Add –63 to each side.

To check that 29 is the solution, substitute 29 for k in

Subtract 102 from each side.

To check that –66 is the solution, substitute –66 for c

Method 1 Use the Subtraction Property of Equality.

Subtract from each side.

Add to each side.

Subtract 14 from each side.

To check that 13 is the solution, substitute 13 for n in the

Answer: There were 403 feet added to the Washington

Answer: 257 feet

Multiply each side by 12.

To check that 9 is the solution, substitute 9 for s in the

Rewrite each mixed number

To check that is the solution, substitute for

k in the original equation.

Multiply each side by ,

Answer: Check this result.

To check that 5 is the solution, substitute 5 for b in the

Multiply each side by .

Answer: The weight of Neil Armstrong’s suit and life-

Answer: He would weigh 72 pounds on Mars.

Divide each side by 11.

To check, substitute 13 for w.

Divide each side by –8.

Divide each side by –14.

Answer: Check this result.

Add 13 to each side.

Divide each side by 5.

Subtract 9 from each side.

Multiply each side by 12.

Answer: s = –240 Simplify.

Multiply each side by –3.

Add 8 to each side.

Subtract 8 from each side.

Answer: n = –14 Simplify.

Subtract 6 from each side.

Divide each side by 3.

or 19 Answer: The consecutive

Divide each side by –2.

Subtract 12q from

Divide each side by –8.

To check, substitute 6 for q in the original equation.

Subtract 40c from

Answer: There must be at least one c to represent the

Answer: This equation has no solution.

Answer: Since the expression on each side of the

Answer: is true for all values of c.

Answer: Since the value –26 makes the statement

Answer: The ratios are equal. Therefore, they form