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 May 21st, 2016, 12:39 PM #1 Newbie   Joined: May 2016 From: UK Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Can anyone explain this to me in a really simple way? Could someone please explain this simply ass i really do not get how to do it!! Transpose the following to make the letter in the bracket the subject. If XY+X=7 (X) Thanks
 May 21st, 2016, 12:48 PM #2 Math Team   Joined: Dec 2013 From: Colombia Posts: 7,697 Thanks: 2681 Math Focus: Mainly analysis and algebra You can take a common factor out of the two terms on the left $xy+x=x(y+1)$.
 May 21st, 2016, 12:51 PM #3 Newbie   Joined: May 2016 From: UK Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 I don't understand how you get that though? Where did the 1 come from?
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$\displaystyle x=x\times 1$

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Multiply out $x(y+1)$. Where does the 1 go?

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