document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=165347>Question 165347</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this problem.  I would appreciate step by step so that it can help me with other exercises.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x+2x+6+5x=/0-9/-/-6+5/ </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #121884 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gonzo><B>gonzo(654)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gonzo><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=121884\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i'm assuming those are parentheses rather than slashes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your equation looks to me like it should be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x + 2x + 6 + 5x = (0-9) - (-6+5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you really meant slashes then i have no idea what you are talking about.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "assuming you meant parentheses, this would be solved as follows:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first you solve within the parentheses going from left to right using the hierarchy of algebraic operations (exponentiation, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since 0-9 = -9, and -6 + 5 = -1, the equation becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x + 2x + 6 + 5x = (-9) - (-1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you combine like terms by performing indicated algebraic operations on them.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x + 2x + 5x becomes 7x - 6x becomes x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-9 - (-1) becomes -9 + 1 becomes -8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "after you have combined like terms on each side of the equation, it becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 6 = -8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you subtract 6 from both sides of the equation to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -8 - 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which becomes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -14<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you prove your solution is correct by substituting -14 for x in the original equation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x + 2x + 6 + 5x = (0-9) - (-6+5) becomes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-6*-14) + (2*-14) + 6 + (5*-14) = (0-9) - (-6+5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "performing all the indicated operations within the parentheses makes the equation become:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84 - 28 + 6 - 70 = -9 - (-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combining like terms on each side of the equation by performing all the indicated operations on them makes the equation become:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8 = -9+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which becomes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8 = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since both sides of the equation are the same, the value of x = -14, when substituted in the equation, proves to be correct.<BR>\n" );
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