Question

Help! What do you call the left member and right member of a mathematical statement?

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

You need ideas to get answers, right?

Answer 3

an example of mathematical statement given is y=2x+1 and 3x+4y<15

Answer 4

What do you think these statements are called?

Answer 5

Let's start with y=2x+1.
What is it called?

Answer 6

equation

Answer 7

Yes, an equation is a statement formed by placing an equals sign between two numerical or variable expressions.

Answer 8

What is on the left hand side of the equals sign is called the "LHS" of the equation and similarly for the RHS.

Answer 9

$$\huge y=2x+1$$y is on the LHS and 2x+1 is on the RHS each member is known as a variable expression

Answer 10

gotcha. thanks a lot

Answer 11

Thanks for trying to understand :)

Answer 12

@skullpatrol well, I guess i can ask again if there's next time? i always fail in algebra