document.write( "Question 24240: what is the formula for solving equation -50t+10=35? \n" ); document.write( "
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                         -50t + 10 = 35\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are two terms on the left and one term on the right.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use addition or subtraction of the same quantity on both sides to:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Get rid of all terms on the left that DO NOT contain the variable\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. Get rid of all terms on the right that DO contain the variable\r\n" );
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document.write( "                         -50t + 10 = 35\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first term -50x contains the variable and is on the left, so we do\r\n" );
document.write( "not want to get rid of it.  The next term on the left is +10.  It is on\r\n" );
document.write( "the left side and DOES NOT contain the variable, so we need to get rid of\r\n" );
document.write( "the +10 on the left, by adding it's opposite -10 to both sides.\r\n" );
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document.write( "                         -50t + 10 =  35\r\n" );
document.write( "                               -10   -10\r\n" );
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document.write( "                         -50t      =  25\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. When there is only one term with a avariable on the left, and only\r\n" );
document.write( "one term on the right without a variable, then divide both sides by the\r\n" );
document.write( "coefficient ot the variable.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we divide both sides by -50\r\n" );
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document.write( "                         -50t       25\r\n" );
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document.write( "                         -50       -50                 \r\n" );
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document.write( "The left sides reduces to just t, and the right side reduces to -1/2\r\n" );
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document.write( "                             t  =  -1/2\r\n" );
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