document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=230822>Question 230822</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this equation.c+4=-14.it says check your solution </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's what you want to do with equations. Get the letter (in this case c all alone on one side of the equal sign. To do that, you subtract 4 on both sides of the equation. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "            C + 4 - 4 = -14 - 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You see what happens? +4 minus 4 is 0 so now you have C all by itself. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So here's what the answer is: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                  C = - 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you are confused how I got -18. Think of it like this. If the temperature is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "14 below zero and it got 4 degrees colder, what would be the temperature? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's right   -18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now plug the -18 into the original equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                       -18 + 4 = -14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then doing the rest of the calculation you see <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                        -14 = -14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "RJ Toftness<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Author of \"Unlock the Mystery to Math\"<BR>\n" );
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