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  • https://math.libretexts.org/Courses/Grayson_College/Prealgebra/Book%3A_Prealgebra_(OpenStax)/09%3A_Math_Models_and_Geometry/9.11%3A_Solve_a_Formula_for_a_Specific_Variable
    For an object moving in at a uniform (constant) rate, the distance traveled, the elapsed time, and the rate are related by the formula d = rt where d = distance, r = rate, and t = time. To solve a for...For an object moving in at a uniform (constant) rate, the distance traveled, the elapsed time, and the rate are related by the formula d = rt where d = distance, r = rate, and t = time. To solve a formula for a specific variable means to get that variable by itself with a coefficient of 1 on one side of the equation and all the other variables and constants on the other side. The result is another formula, made up only of variables.

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