Chapter 6: Introduction

Introduction: Solving equations has a ton of applications and is really the backbone of basic algebra. We can back solve formulas to find how tall a water tank should be if it needs to hold 1570 cubic feet of water. We can determine the length of a garden if we know the width and how much fencing was bought to enclose it. All manner of problems can be solved with algebraic equation solving. We may find a regression equation in statistics that gives the cost or profit for a company and by solving it we can determine how much of their product is needed to reach a stated cost or profit target.

Adapted from Preparing for Algebra and Statistics, Third Edition, by Matt Teachout. License: CC BY 4.0. Copyright and sources.