Isolating Variables in Formulas
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CLEAR ONE
VARIABLE IN A
FORMULA
Educational objective:
• Manipulate formulas to isolate specific variables.
BENIGNO TOMÁS ARGOTE SCHOOL
SUBJECT OF MATHEMATICS
ELEVENTH GRADE
Prof. José Alexander Echeverría Ruiz
BENIGNO TOMÁS ARGOTE SCHOOL
ASIGNATURA: Matemática.
LEVEL: Eleventh grade
PROFESOR: José Alexander Echeverría Ruiz
TERM: I
• Many real problems have well-known equations to describe the relationships.
among different amounts. These family equations are calledformulas.
• On many occasions, you have used formulas to find real situations such as
the area of a rectangle, the speed of a moving object, the volume of a
cylinder, the volume of a pyramid, among others.
• In general, mathematical formulas contain more than onevariable. Although they have
a specific name, the formulas are written and solved just like any other
equation.
ver figuras para construir en anexo
The volume V of a pyramid is calculated with the formula 3 where
The base area is the height of the pyramid. Locate the variables involved in the
figure below.
➢ A formula is aequationwhat relatesconstantsor variablesmathematics and that is expressed
through amathematical equality.
➢ To isolate a variable in an equation or formula, certain rules must be followed that
we will detail below:
❖ Know the number of terms in the algebraic expression, both in the member
left and as in the right member of the equation.
❖ Know the operations involved in the expression (addition - subtraction,
multiplication-division, exponentiation - extraction.
❖ Leave the variable to be solved in a single term.
❖ Clear the assigned variable.
➢
• Any term of an equation can be moved from one side to the other. When
Transposing it will execute the opposite operation on the other member than it performs before.
to move it.
❖ If it is addition, it goes to the other side as subtraction and vice versa; if it is multiplication, it goes to the other side.
other side dividing and vice versa.
❖ In rooting and exponentiation, it is eliminated in both members of the
equation performing the opposite operation. If it is root extraction, it is eliminated using
the exponentiation with the exponent that has the index of the radical in both
members and vice versa.
❖ Clear the variable 'c' from the following equation. a 2 b 2 c 2 2bx
Solution
a 2 b 2 c 2 2bx
a 2 b 2 2bx c 2
a 2 b2 2bx c 2
a 2 b2 2bx c
c a 2 b2 2bx
❖ Clear the variable 'y' from the following equation 8x-2y=4
Solution
8x-2y=4
-2y = 4 - 8x
4 - 8x
y =
2
y = -2 + 4x
y = 4x - 2
a-rL
Isolate the variable 'L' from the following equation S=
L-r
Solution
a-rL
S=
L-r
S( L - r ) = a - r L
SL-Sr=a-rL
SL+rL=a+Sr
L( S + r ) = a + S r
a+Sr
L=
S+r
Objetivo: Manipular fórmulas para despejar variables específicas.
In the formula e = v t, solve for t .
b+b,
2. In A = h ( ) , solve for h
2
1
3. In e = at2to clear up
2
In A = r 2to clear r
5. In a2= b2+c2- 2b x , clear x
6. In v = v0 + a t , clear the
7. In a2= b2+ c2 , clear b
8. In V = a + t, clear t
9. In v2= v0+ 22 a d , clear "d"
a-rL
10. In S = solve for 'r'
L-r
11. In P = i2R, isolate R
9
12. In F = C + 32, solve for C C
5
5
13. In C = F - 32, isolateF
9
14. In A = 2 r ( r + h ) clear ' h '
1
15. In E = m g h + m v2, clear " m "
2
v = 331 + 0.6 T , c clear T c
k 2 2
17. In v = (A x ) , clear 'A'
m
➢ To solve application problems of isolating a variable in an equation or formula
we must follow certain rules that we will detail below:
❖ Rewrite the formula to determine the assigned variable.
❖ After isolating the variable, replace the problem data from
application.
1 2
V r h
• The volume V of a cone is calculated with the formula 3
where r is the radius of the base and h is the height of the cone.
• Rewrite the formula to solve for the radius r
V r 2h
3
r2
h
r2
h
3V
r
h
3V
r
h
• What is the radius of a cone with a volume of 50 cm3and a height of
15cm?
Solution
3(50cm3)
r
(15cm)
150cm3
15 cm
10cm2
Objetivo:Resolver problemas de despejar una variable en situaciones aplicadas.
1
A (b c)h
• The area A of a trapezoid is calculated using the formula 2
where is the height of the trapezoid, and what are the bases of the trapezoid.
• Rewrite the formula to solve for height 'h'.
• What is the height "h" of a trapezoid that has a base equal to 20 m, another
base igual a 7 m y un área de 135 m2? Resp: 10 m
Solution
4 3
V r
• The volume V of a sphere is calculated with the formula 3
give the radius of the sphere.
• Rewrite the formula to solve for the radius 'r'.
• What is the radius 'r' of a sphere with a volume of 100 ft?3?
Solución Resp: 2,87 ft
• We can convert temperatures from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit with the
9
F C 32
formula 5 where is the temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit (°F) and C is the temperature in degrees Celsius (°C).
• Rewrite the formula to solve for "C".
• What is the equivalent of a temperature of 40 °F in degrees Celsius?
Solution Resp: 4.44 °
• The surface area S of a right circular cylinder is calculated using a
formula S2r(r h) donderes the radius and you are the height in the
cylinder.
• Rewrite the formula to solve for the height 'h'.
• What is the height of a right circular cylinder that has a radius of 4 cm and a
area of the surface of 250 cm2? Resp: 5.94 cm
Solution
1
In V Ah
• The volume V of a pyramid is calculated with the formula 3
where A is the area of the base and h is the height of the pyramid.
• Rewrite the formula to solve for the area of the base 'A'.
• What is the area of the base of a pyramid with a volume of 72 m?3and a
height of 12m?
Solution Resp: 18 m2
D
V
• The average speed, V, of an object is calculated using the formula T
where is the time it takes to cover a distance.
• Rewrite the formula to find the time "T".
• How long does it take a car to travel a distance of 100 miles at
an average speed of 45 miles per hour?
Solution Resp: 2.22 h
• In kinetic physics, it is the energy of an object in motion. Kinetic energy
1
K mv 2
The measure in joules (J) is calculated using the formula 2 where
"m" is the mass of the objects in kilograms (kg) and "v" is the velocity of the
object in meters per second (m/s)
• Rewrite the formula to find the mass 'm'.
• What is the mass of an object with a kinetic energy of 200,000 J and a
speed of 40 m/s?
Solution Resp: 250 kg
• In physics, Albert Einstein's formula for the equivalence between mass and
energy defines the energy E of an object measured in joules (J), in terms of the
mass "m" measured in kilograms (kg) and the speed of light (c), measured in
meters per second (m/s). The formula is commonly written as
E mc 2
• Rewrite the formula to find the mass 'm'.
• Since the speed of light is 300,000 m/s, what is the mass of an object that
it has an energy of 1.8 x 1014J ?
Solution Resp: 0.002 kg
Practice #1: KHAN ACADEMY PLATFORM
ISOLATE A VARIABLE IN A FORMULA.
• EQUATIONS WITH VARIABLES ON BOTH SIDES
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Annex (Videos)
• The same on both sides of the equations
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to both sides simple equations