vexikron, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) Its time for the concept of a ‘variable’! 2 + a = 5 In this example, the variable is indicated by the letter a. What you want to do is make it so ‘a’ is on one side of the = and a numerical value is on the other side. One way we can do this is by subtracting 2 from both sides. Left side: 2 + a - 2 gives us ‘a’ Right side: 5 - 2 gives us 3 Thus we are left with a = 3 Tada! /and then somehow, something like half or more of currently living Americans can barely pull off anything more complicated than this./
Its time for the concept of a ‘variable’!
2 + a = 5
In this example, the variable is indicated by the letter a.
What you want to do is make it so ‘a’ is on one side of the = and a numerical value is on the other side.
One way we can do this is by subtracting 2 from both sides.
Left side: 2 + a - 2 gives us ‘a’
Right side: 5 - 2 gives us 3
Thus we are left with
a = 3
Tada!
/and then somehow, something like half or more of currently living Americans can barely pull off anything more complicated than this./