document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=139499>Question 139499</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0536965943/algebrahomeworkh>beginning algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please, help me to answer the quastion: explain the difference between simplifying an expression and solving an equation. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #101694 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=101694\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplifying means 'write this equation in as short an expression as you can\".  In the end, you have an equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the equation means 'find the values where the expression is true. In the end, you have a number, a value or an expression that represents the solution(s). </SPAN>\n" );
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