The word that comes to mind is "scapegoat." An abuser will unjustly blame the victim (aka scapegoat)for anything. The victim will in turn try to placate the abuser, trying to smoothe things over....
Isolating the variable.
Let's say you are given a complex equation involving two variables, x and y, and say you are asked to solve for x, but x is located on both sides of the equals sign. Using...