document.write( "Question 205922: How do you solve this linear equation?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #155510 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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It's not an equation, but an expression, since it
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\n" ); document.write( "You cannot \"solve\" an expression.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "All you can do with this expression\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "to begin with is to factor out x in the numerator:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and then you can factor what's in the parentheses as
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But then nothing cancels, so you stop there.\r
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