document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=166555>Question 166555</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780321331793/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For which integers a, b, c does a - b -c = a -(b - c)?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #122751 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=122751\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let a=1, b=2, and c=3 (these values are arbitrary)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a+-+b+-c+=+a+-%28b+-+c%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a+-+b+-c+=+a+-%28b+-+c%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-2-3=1-%282-3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-2-3=1-%282-3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Plug in a=1, b=2, and c=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-5=1-%282-3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-5=1-%282-3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 3 from -2 to get -5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-5=1-%28-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-5=1-%28-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 3 from 2 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-5=1%2B1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-5=1%2B1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Rewrite <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-%28-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-%28-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2B1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2B1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-4=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-4=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the equation is NOT true, this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a+-+b+-c+=+a+-%28b+-+c%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a+-+b+-c+=+a+-%28b+-+c%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is NOT true for all values of a, b, and c<BR>\n" );
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