# Math Help - Need help with solving

1. ## Need help with solving

Hello all!

Here is my equation:

2. ## Re: Need help with solving

Originally Posted by MKBwasHere
Hello all!

Here is my equation:

remember what you can do with equations

a) multiply or divide both sides by the same thing
b) add or subtract the same thing to both sides

$\mbox{you have }m=\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}$

and you want to modify this so that the $x_2$ is by itself on one side of the = sign.

You can do this in 2 steps, the first step is (a) above, and the second step is (b)

see if you can figure out the details.

3. ## Re: Need help with solving

Originally Posted by romsek
remember what you can do with equations

a) multiply or divide both sides by the same thing
b) add or subtract the same thing to both sides

$\mbox{you have }m=\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}$

and you want to modify this so that the $x_2$ is by itself on one side of the = sign.

You can do this in 2 steps, the first step is (a) above, and the second step is (b)

see if you can figure out the details.
OK! So I have divided by the 2 and subtracted x1. D?

4. ## Re: Need help with solving

don't you mean multiply by the 2?

which answer did you come up with?