Concept explainers
Whether the given sentence is true or false.
Answer to Problem 5SGR
False.
To write an equation to solve a problem, identify the unknown for which you are looking and assign a variable to it.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The given sentence is:
In order to write an equation to solve a problem, we need to find the unknown and assign a number to it.
Calculation:
The given sentence is False.
Because, to find the unknown for which we are looking in an equation, we assign a variable to it.
We can not assign any number to the unknown as it might make the equation an inequality.
Therefore, the given sentence is FALSE and can be re-written as:
To write an equation to solve a problem, identify the unknown for which you are looking and assign a variable to it.
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Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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