document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=158499>Question 158499</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the algebraic expression and simplfy. Let x represent the unkown number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of 5 times a number and -2, added to nine times a number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I tried 5(x-2)+9x=5x-10+9x=14x-10. There answer was 14x-2. How did they  get that? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #116750 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mizjoice><B>mizjoice(22)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mizjoice><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=116750\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Take it piece by piece:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 times a number, rewrite as 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "plus -2, nothing to rewrite there, that's already simplified,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "added to  nine times a number, rewrite as 9x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, rewrite as an equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x-2+9x =   (See, it already looks better!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now combine like terms:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x + 9x -2= 14x - 2 </SPAN>\n" );
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