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Understanding First Degree Equations

A first-degree or linear equation is an equality involving one or more variables raised to the first power, with no products between variables. Such equations can be written as terms with the unknown variable on the left side and terms without the unknown variable on the right side. Once simplified, a first-degree equation with one variable will have the unknown variable alone on one side, showing it can take any real number value as a solution.

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Understanding First Degree Equations

A first-degree or linear equation is an equality involving one or more variables raised to the first power, with no products between variables. Such equations can be written as terms with the unknown variable on the left side and terms without the unknown variable on the right side. Once simplified, a first-degree equation with one variable will have the unknown variable alone on one side, showing it can take any real number value as a solution.

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First degree equations

A first-degree or linear equation is an equality that involves


one or more variables at the first power and does not
contain products between the variables, that is, an equation
that involves only addition and subtraction of a variable at
the first power.
Example:
First degree equation and one variable
We write on the left the terms that have the unknown and
on the right those that do not have it:

We simplify both sides:

We have obtained an obviousness. This means that the


unknown can take any value. Therefore, all real numbers are
a solution to the equation:
We check that the equation is true for any number. We
substitute, for example, x = 1 in the equation:

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