document.write( "Question 188359: Pre-Algebra- I think..not sure. This problem is from Contemporary's Number Power Algebra 3 by Robert Mitchell\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \"+11z-3=9z+\" and *** this one I tried, but kept getting the wrong answer etc..\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \"+3%2F4x+-+7+=+7x+%2B+-582+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I am studying for a test in Pre-algebra/algebra, and need to attain a score of 55+ in Pre-algebra, and a score of 30+ in algebra. This test is on Saturday, (28th March), and I have been studying, religiously, but then..somewhere along the way, I become hopelessly lost, and end up with answerrs that are so-far out in left field, that I am not even sure I am in the same class etc....I should mention, that I am a returning adult...and not fresh out of High-School. My last algebra class was twenty-five+ years ago etc.....\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Thank-you for your time, and any helpful suggestions..other than do not enter school would be greatly appreciated!!!! (the above joke was a lame attempt at keeping/finding humour in this stressful aspiration!!!)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Thanx~ John
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\"11z-3=9z\" Start with the given equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"11z=9z%2B3\" Add \"3\" to both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"11z-9z=3\" Subtract \"9z\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2z=3\" Combine like terms on the left side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"z=%283%29%2F%282%29\" Divide both sides by \"2\" to isolate \"z\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the answer is \"z=3%2F2\" which in decimal form is \"z=1.5\". \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Is the equation \"+%283%2F4%29x+-+7+=+7x+%2B+-582+\" ???\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"cross%284%29%28%283%2Fcross%284%29%29x%29-4%287%29=4%287x%29%2B4%28-582%29\" Multiply EVERY term by the LCD \"4\" to clear the fractions.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x-28=28x-2328\" Multiply and simplify.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x=28x-2328%2B28\" Add \"28\" to both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x-28x=-2328%2B28\" Subtract \"28x\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-25x=-2328%2B28\" Combine like terms on the left side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-25x=-2300\" Combine like terms on the right side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%28-2300%29%2F%28-25%29\" Divide both sides by \"-25\" to isolate \"x\".\r
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