Solve for x in math means finding the value of x that would make the equation true. How do you get X by itself? To get a variable by itself a combination of algebraic techniques is requiered. The distributive property, the addition and subtraction properties of equality to move all the terms containing x to one side of the equation, the ... More @Wikipedia
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