document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=235978>Question 235978</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i am supposed to identify like terms but i don't understand it my problem is      -17-17=6-x you can see that the problem doesn't have like terms. I asked my teacher but she said that i still had to solve it. she told me though in class that it can have 1 answer many answers or no answer please help. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "all of the whole numbers are like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you had more than one x they would be like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine -17 and -17=-34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-34=6-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 6 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-34-6=6-6-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-40=-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we can't have a -x as part of the answer so multiply through by -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=40 </SPAN>\n" );
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