solve

  1. Verb.  To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
  2. Verb.  (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
  3. Verb.  (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.

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