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class="author">By <a rel="author" href="https://edu.rsc.org/kristy-turner/4863.bio">Kristy Turner</a></span></p><p class="intro">Tips for helping learners get to grips with this tricky part of quantitative chemistry</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout thumb onecol left item-third item-last hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://edu.rsc.org/ideas/success-with-guess-for-solving-equation-based-problems/4020659.article" class="image"><img alt="A cartoon of a student wearing a lab coat using an artist's paintbrush and easel to solve a mathematical equation on a black board" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1179px) 100px, 220px" src="https://d1ymz67w5raq8g.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/1/7/9/538179_00028003_218082.jpg" srcset="https://d1ymz67w5raq8g.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/1/7/9/538179_00028003_218082.jpg 100w,https://d1ymz67w5raq8g.cloudfront.net/Pictures/220x147/1/7/9/538179_00028003_218082.jpg 220w" width="100" height="67" 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