(8) Lesson 2.4 - Solve Equations with Variables on Each Side
1. Course 3, Lesson 2-4
Use the work backward strategy to solve Exercises 1-3.
1. Alicia arrived home at 7:45 P.M. from a restaurant. She spent 45
minutes waiting in the restaurant lobby and one and a half hours eating
dinner. If it took her 20 minutes to drive home, what time did she arrive
at the restaurant?
2. Marcus has $6 left over after his trip to the movie theater. If his movie
ticket cost $5.50 and he purchased a drink for $3.00, and a bag of
popcorn for $3.50, and a box of candy for $2.00, how much money did
he originally take to the movie theater?
3. Candace’s quiz scores are 86, 98, 85, 94, and 89. What is the minimum
score she can make on her next quiz to maintain a quiz average of at
least 90?
4. At nine months of age, a baby elephant can weigh 700 pounds. If this is
4 times the baby elephant’s birth weight, how many pounds did the
elephant weigh at birth?
6. To solve equations with
• variables on both sides
• rational coefficients
Course 3, Lesson 2-4
Expressions and Equations
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Need Another Example?
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Step-by-Step Example
1. Solve 8 + 4d = 5d. Check your solution.
8 + 4d = 5d Write the equation.
Write the original equation.Check 8 + 4d = 5d
8 = d
Subtraction Property of Equality
To check your solution, replace d with 8 in the original equation.
Simplify by combining like terms.
Subtract 4d from the left side of
the equation to isolate the variable.
Subtract 4d from the right side of
the equation to keep it balanced.
Replace d with 8.
The sentence is true.
8 + 4(8) = 5(8)
40 = 40
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–4d = – 4d
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Need Another Example?
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Step-by-Step Example
3. Green’s Gym charges a one time fee of $50 plus $30 per session for a personal
trainer. A new fitness center charges a yearly fee of $250 plus $10 for each session
with a trainer. For how many sessions is the cost of the two plans the same?
20s = 200
Simplify.
Check Green’s Gym: $50 plus 10 sessions at $30 per session
Simplify.
Addition Property of Equality
50 + 10 • 30 = 50 + 300
250 + 10 • 10 = 250 + 100
50 + 20s = 250
Subtraction Property of Equality
Write the equation.50 + 30s = 250 + 10s
fee of $50 plus
$30 per session
Words
Let s represent the number of sessions.Variable
50 + 30s = 250 + 10sEquation
is the
same as
a fee of $250 plus
$10 per session
Division Property of Equality
s = 10
So, the cost is the same for 10 personal trainer sessions.
Simplify.
= $350
new fitness center: $250 plus 10 sessions at $10 per session
= $350
– 10s = – 10s
– 50 = – 50
12. Answer
Need Another Example?
The measure of an angle is 8 degrees more than its
complement. If x represents the measure of the angle and
90 – x represents the measure of its complement, what is
the measure of the angle?
49°
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Step-by-Step Example
4. Solve x – 1 = 9 – x.
x = 12
Simplify.
Multiplicative Inverse Property
Addition Property of Equality
The common denominator of the coefficients is 6.
Rewrite the equation.
Addition Property of Equality
Simplify.
Simplify.
+ 1 = + 1
15. How did what you learned
today help you answer the
WHAT is equivalence?
Course 3, Lesson 2-4
Expressions and Equations
16. How did what you learned
today help you answer the
WHAT is equivalence?
Course 3, Lesson 2-4
Expressions and Equations
Sample answers:
• When variables are on both sides of the equation, use
the properties of equality to write an equivalent
equation with the variables on one side.
• You can check the solution to an equation by replacing
the variable with the solution in the original equation.
17. Name the procedures you
would use to solve an
equation with variable terms
on both sides such as
3x + 5 = 6x + 2.
Course 3, Lesson 2-4
Ratios and Proportional RelationshipsExpressions and Equations