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document.write( "writing as an algebraic expression we get<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+1/x=10/3<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cross multiplying <br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(x+1)=10x<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distributing<br> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+3=10x<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "collecting like terms<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3=7x<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "dividing by 7<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=3/7 </SPAN>\n" );
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