I am having a hard time figureing out what is going on with my math homework and my text book is not with me. Dose anyone know where I can find help with questions like this solve for b...a=1/2bc>to the ssecond power.
2006-11-26 07:32:47 · 4 answers · asked by Jeff D 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
the question is like this .........Solve for b. a=1/2bc^2
2006-11-26 08:21:30 · update #1
It looks like you are trying to solve a literal equation, which is an equation with more than one variable, and you have to solve for a specified variable. You can use the SAME rules to solve this kind of equation as you do with regular equations (those with numbers). For example, if you had 8=2(b)(9), you would divide by 2 and then again by 9 (which is like dividing by 18).
If your problem is a=(1/2)bc^2, then you would divide by 1/2 and then again by c^2. Remember that to divide by a fraction, you multiply by the reciprocal.
2006-11-26 08:10:00 · answer #1 · answered by duke95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea
2014-09-03 09:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Jesse 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Writing out a little more clearly what you want will get you more responses.
use ^ to mean an exponent:
E.g,
3^2 = 9
For products use either positioning or ():
a times b = ab = a(b)
2006-11-26 15:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am having a hard time figureing out what Jeff has written there
2006-11-26 18:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋