Solving literal equations, a basic example

1. Literal Equations
The basics

2. Your ‘undoing’ steps
 With literal equations, you must know how to use inverse properties to get a
variable by itself.
Property Inverse
Addition Subtraction
Subtraction Addition
Multiplication Division
Division Multiplication

3. Take a look at this one…
 A=bc+d, solve for b
 Do this one the same way you would if you had numbers
 A=bc+d
-d -d
A-d=bc
/c /c
(A-d)/c=b