solve each equations for the given variable

oh i'm in 7th grade
and i'm completely stuck on this problem
it's from the workbook that i got and it doesn't say anything
and that's exactly what i don't get,
HOW do you get rid of 6?:confused:
 
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JeffM said:
There are two ways, which really are the same conceptually.

You can divide both sides of the equation by 6. Or you can multiply both sides of the equation by \(\displaystyle \frac{1}{6}.\)

It may be a little less confusing to multiply, but it really makes no difference because multiplying 6 and \(\displaystyle \frac{1}{6}\) or dividing 6 by 6 gets you to the exact same place. So now the right side of the equation is p + q because the 6 is gone. Does that make sense?
What is on the left side now? Can you take it the rest of the way?
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thanks it really helped me alot but...
what about the 6 on the left side?
don't you have to do m divided by 6?
so should i just put
m/6=p+q as an answer?
sorry and thanks again
 
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i don't know if i'm right but what i did is this:

m/6=p+q
m/6-p=p+q-p
q=m/6-p
 
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8dltndus said:
m=6(p+q);q
i think i'll have to find for "q"
but i don't know how
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m = 6(p + q)

We need to isolate q. To isolate a letter means to place it alone on one side of the equation.

Let us apply the distributive rule on the right side.

m = 6 times p + 6 times q

m = 6p + 6q

We now subtract 6p from both sides of the equation.

m - 6p = 6q


Finally we divide both sides of the equation by 6. This final step will isolate q.


(m - 6p)/6 = q


Done!
 
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