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document.write( "m-6(m+10)=50  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m-6(m+10)=50 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First thing to do is remove the parentheses using the distributive rule.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m - 6(m + 10) = 50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m - 6m -60 = 50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms on the left side of the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5m - 60 = 50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5m = 50 + 60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5m = 110\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = 110/-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = -22\r<BR>\n" );
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