Pearson Algebra 1 Common Core, 2011
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8. An Introduction to Equations
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Exercise 86 Page 58

Use mental math to guess the starting value for the table.

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We want to use a table to solve the given equation. 3t-(-5.4)=5.4 In order to choose a good starting point for our table, let's pretend that the equation is 3t=5.4. What multiplied by 3 would get us close to 5.4? 2 would be valid, so it will be our starting point.

t 3t-(-5.4) =
2 3 (2)-(-5.4) 11.4
1 3 (1)-(-5.4) 8.4
0 3 (0)-(-5.4) 5.4

We can see that t=0 is the solution to our equation.