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1 is subtracted on the left side, so the inverse operation is adding 1
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2x is added on the right side, so the inverse operation is subtracting 2x
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3 is multiplied on the left side, so the inverse operation is dividing by 3
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8 is added on the right side, so the inverse operation is subtracting 8
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x is added on the left side, so the inverse operation is subtracting 5x
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-3 is multiplied on the right side, so the inverse operation is dividing by -3
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