Question

What does it mean for a number to be the "solution" to an equation?


Give an example of a variable equation and its solution.
Explain in complete sentences how you know that number is the solution.

Answer 1

solve for the variable.

Answer 2

like:

5x = 15
x = 3

so 3 is the solution

Answer 3

Also it should be noted that in some cases there can be a set of solutions to an equation and this set can even contain an infinite number of elements.

Answer 4

ummm, ok? 0.o