A function machine is a way of writing rules using a flow diagram. The equation \(3j - 6 = 9\) can be shown on a function machine by writing out the functions that have been applied to \(j\) in ...

Often in algebra we have an equation that we want ... We can also use this method to solve equations like \(\frac{j}{4}=~12\). This time we only have one quarter of \({j}\), as we want to just ...