document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=177057>Question 177057</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0918091802/algebrahomeworkh>intermediate algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x-2=(x+2)/4+5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x-2-5=(x+2)/4               *4 on both sites\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-8-20=(x+2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-28=x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-28-2=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-30=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-x=30\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x=30\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=30/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "prove:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-2=(x+2)/4+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10-2=(10+2)/4+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8=12/4+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8=3+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8=8 </SPAN>\n" );
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