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Solve for x in math means finding the value of x that would make the equation true.
How do you get X by itself?
To get a variable by itself a combination of algebraic techniques is requiered. The distributive property, the addition and subtraction properties of equality to move all the terms containing x to one side of the equation, the multiplication and division properties of equality to eliminate any coefficients.
How do you solve the equation for different variables step-by-step?
To solve the equation for different variables step-by-step clear any fractions by multiplying both sides of the equation by the LCM of the denominators. Get all the terms with the wanted variable on one side of the equation and all the other terms on the other side. Isolate the variable, and solve for the variable by undoing any arithmetic operations that were used to isolate it.