Question

What is something you do that can be set up as a two step equation? How would you set that up as an equation to explain to someone else how it can be solved?

Answer 1

As the name implies, a two-step equation is an equation that is solved in just two steps. There are several two-step equations; an example that can be set up as a two-step equation is a target savings with an initial amount and a constant rate of savings.

To set up the target savings equation, we consider the following parameters (I will assume values for the parameters).

$Amount = \ 1000$

$Initial\ Capital = \ 50$

$Rate = \ 2$

Let x be the number of savings.

$Initial\ Capital + Rate \times x= Amount$ ----- the equation

Mathematically, we have:

$50 + 2x = 1000$

The equation is solved as follows:

The first step is to isolate the variable term by subtracting 50 from both sides

So, we have:

$2x = 950$

The second step is to solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 2

$x = 475$

This means that you have to save $2 in 475 times to reach the target amount

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