What is the process that you would use to go about solving a user-inputted linear equation? Only for simple one variable equations such as

10x+4=7

3(x+9)=8x

Just following the basic math rules for solving linear equations? That's going to be a LOT of if/else statements will it not? Would it be best to break apart the input equation into two parts, left side and right side? And then go through rules on each side of the equation (distribution) etc, and then multiply/divide each side to get x by itself?

I really want to do this is code, not using a module that's already been programmed to do this.

In reply to How would you solve a user-inputted simple one-variable Linear Equation by nat47

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