Solve for h A= 9h
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Suppose that you go to the store and buy 9 of 1 item and the total cost is $11. How would you figure out what each item cost (DO NOT SOLVE-Just decide how you'll figure it out)
Now suppose that you go to the store and buy 9 of 1 item and the total cost is $17. How would you figure out what each item cost (DO NOT SOLVE-Just decide how you'll figure it out)
How about if you go to the store and buy 9 of 1 item and the total cost is $43. How would you figure out what each item cost (DO NOT SOLVE-Just decide how you'll figure it out)
Does technique that you have been doing depend on the total price?
What if you go to the store and buy 9 of 1 item and the total cost is $A. How would you figure out what each item cost (DO NOT SOLVE-Just decide how you'll figure it out).
Well, without any further external information, the best you can do is solve for h, in terms of a. You will not be able to get a numerical value. To "solve for h in terms of a" simply means to end up with only h on one side of the equation and one or more terms involving a on the other. The given form has 9h on one side, so how would you go about turning that in to just h? As you know, when you perform a mathematical operation on one side of an equation, you must do the same operation to the other side, to preserve the equality. So, what operation did you do? What happens if you do that operation to the other side of the equation?