document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=148886>Question 148886</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780978843502/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My apologies if I did not type this correctly. I am not a maths student so am unfamiliar with the correct \"style\". To be clear x -6 / 4 is the denominator of the whole fraction x + 2 is the numerator. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "------ = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x-6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2 = 3(x-6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 2 = 3x/4 - 9/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/4 = 13/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -26\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is from the back of the book but I fail to understand how to get from <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2 = 3x/4 - 9/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/4 = 13/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I need to understand the rule that governs this?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "regards,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tres. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply 4 to both sides,<BR>\n" );
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