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.
wounldnt this be the answer to an equation ?

Answer 1

It means that the number that you have is the answer to the problem.

Answer 2

So, if you have an equation like 3x+2x=12, then you would solve. The answer would be 2 so 2 is the solution.

Answer 3

so i was right then ?

Answer 4

In mathematics, a solution can specifically mean:

1. The result of equation solving – assigning values to unknown variables that satisfy an equation; the term can further be used in the every-day sense of the satisfactory resolution of a mathematical problem

2. The root of a function – an x-value for which the function produces a result of zero

Answer 5

Source: Wikipedia

Answer 6

ok thnx