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Equations: what they are and how to solve them
What an equation is, what its solution means, and how to solve equations step by step — from one-step equations to fractions and two variables.
Jede Algebra-Aufgabe läuft auf wenige Schritte hinaus: vereinfachen, auf beiden Seiten dasselbe tun und prüfen. Diese Lektionen erklären jeden Schritt mit Beispielen, deren Ergebnisse die Mathe-Engine von Sumzo prüft.
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What an equation is, what its solution means, and how to solve equations step by step — from one-step equations to fractions and two variables.
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Use inverse operations to get the unknown on its own, keep the equation balanced, and always check your answer.
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Factorising, completing the square, the quadratic formula and the discriminant — and how to tell which method to use.
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What slope measures, how to find it from two points, and how to write a line as y = mx + b.
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How to simplify radicals by taking out perfect-square factors, what simplest radical form means, and how to simplify radical expressions — with checked examples.
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What a rational equation is, how to solve rational equations by multiplying by the lowest common denominator, and why every answer must be checked.
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The steps for factoring polynomials — common factor first, then two, three or four terms — with worked examples, each checked by multiplying back out.
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Solving inequalities like equations — with one extra rule — and showing the answer on a number line, in interval notation and as a shaded region.
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A solution is a value that makes an equation true. How to check one, and examples with one solution, no solution, all real numbers and two solutions.
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A five-step method for solving word problems, the key words that turn into maths, and worked examples — ages, consecutive numbers, discounts and tickets.
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Three ways to graph an equation — a table of values, slope and intercept, and key points of a parabola — with worked examples and how to match a graph to its equation.
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Function notation, how to graph a function from its formula, how to find its domain and range, and how composite functions such as f(g(x)) work.
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What a polynomial is, how to simplify and expand polynomials, and how to solve polynomial equations by factoring — with checked examples.
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What rational expressions are, their excluded values, and how to simplify, multiply, divide, add and subtract them — then solve rational equations.
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A literal equation has several letters. Solving it means isolating one of them — the same moves as an ordinary equation, with letters instead of numbers.
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How to simplify the following kinds of expression: like terms, brackets, exponents and complex fractions (a fraction inside a fraction), each with checked examples.
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The questions that say “find x” — equations, angles on a line, triangle angles, Pythagoras and similar shapes — and the one idea behind all of them.
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How to find the solution to a system of equations three ways, then how to graph a system of inequalities: boundary lines, shading and the overlap.
Löse . Ausmultiplizieren: . subtrahieren: . 8 addieren: , also .
Probe: und . Beide Seiten stimmen überein, also ist richtig.
Gib sie in den Algebra-Rechner von Sumzo ein: Er zeigt jeden Schritt, und seine Mathe-Engine prüft das Ergebnis. Die Lektionen hier erklären die Methoden hinter diesen Schritten.
Setze dein Ergebnis in die ursprüngliche Gleichung ein. Wenn beide Seiten gleich sind, ist es richtig — sonst suche die erste Zeile, in der dein Rechenweg die Gleichung verändert hat.
Terme vereinfachen und Gleichungen mit einem und zwei Schritten lösen. Alles Spätere — quadratische Gleichungen, Funktionen, Gleichungssysteme — baut darauf auf.