document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=211032>Question 211032</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is the problem I need to solve for X\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5-(8+3x)=2x+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is X= -6/5 (I am unable to figure out the answer on my own)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I come up with.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5-(8+3x)=2x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-40-15X=2X+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-40-2X-15X=2X-2X+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-42X-15X=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-57X=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/57*57/1)X=1/57*3/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-19\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please can someone let me know where I have gone wrong. I have tried several different ways to try and find the answer and I keep getting it wrong. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is X= -6/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You should not multiply by 5; you shoud subtract from the 5.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5-8-3x = 2x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -6/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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