document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=238135>Question 238135</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi can someone help me with these problems,and show the work so I can try and figure how to do next problems. Thanks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.  Write an equivalent expression without using the grouping symbols: -(3x + 5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.  Clear fractions or decimals, solve, and check:  1/2+4m=3m-5/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.  Combine like terms, and write in descending order: 3/4 x^3+4x^2-x^3+7 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -(3x\ +\ 5)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Change it to:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (-1)(3x\ +\ 5)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And apply the distributive property:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ a(b\ +\ c)\ =\ ab\ +\ bc\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  You need to write back for this one.  Not sure whether you mean:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{1}{2}\ +\ 4m\ =\ 3m\ -\frac{5}{2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{1}{2\ +\ 4m}\ =\ \frac{3m\ -\ 5}{2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "...and there are other interpretations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{3}{4}x^3\ +\ 4x^2\ -\ x^3\ +\ 7\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The only like terms are the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x^3\"> terms.  One has a coefficient of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{3}{4}\"> and the other has a coefficient of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large -1\">.  Just add: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{3}{4}\ +\ (-1)\"> and the sum is then the coefficient on your <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x^3\"> term.  When you are done, the exponents should get smaller from left to right.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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