Beta-blockers, alpha2-adrenergic agonists, and thiazide diuretics are associated with libido changes. Testosterone is the main hormonal mediator of a manâs libido. As testosterone levels decline, sexual desire decreases; therefore medications that affect testosterone can alter the libido. Finasteride and dutasteride, 5-alpha reductase inhibitors for the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), decrease dihydrotestosterone levels, the active metabolite of testosterone.
Solving an equation symbolically means that expressions that may contain known variables or possibly also variables not in the original equation are admitted as solutions. For example, the equation x + y = 2x â 1 is solved for the unknown x by the solution x = y + 1, because substituting y + 1 for x in the equation results in (y + 1) + y = 2(y + 1) â 1, a true statement.
Our goal is going to be discovering what that unknown number is! The first step to solving for x is going to be getting x alone on one side of the equation and everything else on the other side. Remember the rule: what you do to one side of the equation, you must do to the other side.That's how the equation stays equal!x + 3 = 10y + 18. We want to solve for x, just like before. So let's get x by itself on one side of the equation! Subtract 3 from both sides: 5x + 3 -3 = 10 y + 18 - 3. Simplify: 5x = 10y + 15. Now divide both sides by 5: 5x/5 = (10y + 15)/5.