document.write( "Question 201775This question is from textbook Algebra Structure and Method
\n" ); document.write( ": Having trouble using distributive prop. to solve this equation:
\n" ); document.write( " s-(-3)-[s+(-3)]-3 \n" ); document.write( "

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problem is:
\n" ); document.write( "s-(-3)-(s+(-3))-3
\n" ); document.write( "s - (-3) is the same as s + 3 so equation can be rewritten as
\n" ); document.write( "s + 3 - (s + (-3))-3
\n" ); document.write( "within the parentheses
\n" ); document.write( "s + (-3) is the same as s - 3 so the equation can be rewritten as
\n" ); document.write( "s + 3 - (s - 3) - 3
\n" ); document.write( "- (s - 3) is the same as - s + 3 so the equation can be rewritten as
\n" ); document.write( "s + 3 - s + 3 - 3
\n" ); document.write( "the two s's cancel out and two of the 3's cancel out leaving
\n" ); document.write( "3
\n" ); document.write( "your answer is 3.
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