document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=27612>Question 27612</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you answer questions like this one : 2x+20=100<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #15019 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=kaykay714><B>kaykay714(2)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=kaykay714><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=15019\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Okay, you want to get x alone. First, you subtract 20 from the 20 and the 100. But you do not do anything to the 2x. You will deal with the 2x soon. So now you have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+20=100<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".......-20=-20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 0 = 80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So now you don't need the + 0 in there any more. So you change it to; 2x = 80. You still want x alone. So you divide 2x and 80 by 2x. So it looks like this; <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 80<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "              x = 40 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If it was 2x-20=100, then you do the same exact thing, accept you would add the 20 like you did when you subtracted it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(dont mind the .'s, i just put that in there so the problem would look right as if they weren't there).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " ~kelly~ </SPAN>\n" );
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