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The word equals
divides the sentence into what should be on the left-hand side and what should be on the right-hand side of the equation.
y=2x
is,
is equal to,and
equalstell us about the placement of the equals sign.
The output is twice the input.
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The output
= twice the input.
On the left-hand side we have a key word, output. This word represents the variable y.
The output → y
On the right-hand side, the key words are twice and input. Twice
indicates a multiplication by 2 and input
represents the variable x.
twice the input
2 x
Putting these sides together, we have a complete equation.
y = 2 x