👉 In mathematics, "hypostatizing" is a mathematical operation that involves transforming or simplifying an expression to make it easier to manipulate. This can be done by performing operations on one side of the equation to change its sign, multiply or divide both sides by a constant, and so on. For example, consider the following equation: \[ 3x + 4 = 7 \] To simplify this equation, we would perform the following steps: 1. Subtract 4 from both