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[ILikePie]

I'm sure I'm not the only struggling with math from time to time, and I know there are tons of brilliant chaps out here, so I thought, why not start a math thread? If you there's something you have trouble understanding, ask it here. I'll try to contribute (as much as I can, I'm just a highschool student after all), and hopefully others will too.


Anyway I'll start it off some simple highschool math, we've been doing equations with variables I believe are called 'parameters' in English. The idea is that you have a variable that is to be treated like a normal number (so you get "x = 7 - a" as an answer, 'x' being the variable you need to solve, and 'a' being the parameter).
Anyway, I'm having trouble simplifying these equations. I have something like this "a(2x + 1) = 5(1 - x)", which I needs be simplified into something like "(a - something)x = something + a". Can someone please give a brief explanation on how to do this?

[KaminaSquirtle]

We already have one.
If you would please move this over there, I will do my best to answer your question.
I just don't want duplicate threads, that's all.

[ILikePie]

Oh, I'm sorry. I haven't been active for a good two weeks. Moving.

[KaminaSquirtle]

Don't worry about it.

[eerr]

?  You have trouble factoring?

[ILikePie]

Nah, I just couldn't recall how it was done.

[eerr]

Well Bring in the factor to uh, the numbers inside...

Ok I don't remember any of the terms for this.
Ask someone else.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

bring the factor into the denominator, and do the hokey pokey.

[KaminaSquirtle]

Well Bring in the factor to uh, the numbers inside...

Ok I don't remember any of the terms for this.
Ask someone else.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

bring the factor into the denominator, and do the hokey pokey.

He already did.  In the thread linked.