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document.write( "Look inside the parentheses of \"\"f%283%29\"\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "What is in there?  Answer: 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "Look inside the parentheses of \"\"f%28x%29\"\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "What is in there?  Answer: x\r\n" );
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document.write( "What does that mean?  Answer: That x is this problem is 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Is 3 less than 4 or is 3 greater than or equal 4?  \r\n" );
document.write( "Answer: 3 is less than 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since x, which is 3, is less than 4, then what does this  \r\n" );
document.write( "tell you to use, \"-2x-2\" or \"-4x%2B5\"? Answer: \"-2x-2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "How do you substitute 3 for x into \"-2x-2\"?  \r\n" );
document.write( "Answer: \"-2x-2=-2%283%29-2=-6-2=-8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then what is the final answer?  Answer: -8.\r\n" );
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