document.write( "Question 28336: Please help me solve this equation with the best step-by-step method for this equation. I know to start from the inside out, but what to do with the numbers and letters has confused me.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3d-{7d+[(5d-4)-2(4d-7)-(d+1)]-3} \n" ); document.write( "
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3d-{7d+[(5d-4)-2(4d-7)-(d+1)]-3}\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You are right you do start from the inside and work out. You can only add like terms together. So look at the parenthesis inside the bracket; You can not solve them any more becuase they are not like terms. Now you can distribute
\n" ); document.write( " -2(4d-7)=8d-14
\n" ); document.write( "Now the problem;
\n" ); document.write( "3d-{7d+[(5d-4)-(8d-14)-(d+1)]-3}
\n" ); document.write( "Now distribute the -1 that are outside the parenthesis and drop the parenthesis;
\n" ); document.write( "5d-4+(-8d)+14+(-d)-1
\n" ); document.write( "Now you can add like terms;
\n" ); document.write( "5d-8d-d-4+14-1=-4d-9;
\n" ); document.write( "3d-{7d+(-4d-9)}-3;
\n" ); document.write( "Add the like terms; 7d+(-4d-9)=3d-9
\n" ); document.write( "3d+3d-9-3=6d-12
\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps, I know it can be confusing without being able to go step by step with you;
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