To solve the equation
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We start with the equation:
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Since dividing by 1 doesn’t really change anything, we can just write:
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Now, we want to find out what
is. To do that, we need to get all by itself. So, we can subtract 12 from both sides. It looks like this: -
This simplifies down to:
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Now we do the math on the right side:
So, the answer we find for
That means the solution to our equation is: