document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=173615>Question 173615</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321269470/algebrahomeworkh>Introductory Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24/x - 2 + 24/x + 2 = 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "24/x - 2 + 24/x + 2 = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is it (24/x) - 2 + (24/x) + 2 = 5 ??<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or 24/((x-2 + (24/x)) ??<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or something else?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Parentheses are free.  Use them to eschew ambiguity. </SPAN>\n" );
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