Solving Equations Using Division and Multiplication The Golden Rule of Algebra almost always* applies when multiplying or dividing both sides of the equation by the same thing. *almost always applies …

Solve Using Multiplication Our goal is (once again) to get the variable all by itself. We are going to take advantage of our multiplicative identity property. (Which is……)

Solve Using Division Once again, we are going to take advantage of multiplicative identity.

Sometimes, we multiply or divide by a negative number

Solving Word Problems It costs $3 per day to park at the fairgrounds. If income from the fairgrounds parking lot totaled $1275 in one day, how many cars parked that day? $3 times the number of parked cars = total

Practice – Solve for x, then check

Homework Page 336 16-34 evens & #48 SHOW ALL WORK AND CHECK ALL ANSWERS