I am already weak at math, but when they throw in letters it throws me off and confuses me more... can someone please show me how to work this problem?

Question

Ax+Hy=L,for x.

Answer 1

All you have to do here is isolate the variable x on one side of the equation. Soooo start with substraction, like this:

Ax + Hy = L
Ax = L - Hy

Now, to get rid of the coefficient A to isolate just the variable x, you have to divide both sides by A. (since A is technically multiplying by x, you have to the opposite of that to get rid of it, which is division.)

Ax= L - Hy
x = (L - Hy) / A

I hope I explained this okay!!

Answer 2

thank you for your explainations, I think I got most of it down, I need to practice more problems such as these...Thank you so much appreciate it..

Answer 3

You're welcome :)