document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=239758>Question 239758</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 9x+18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please help me tanx!! alicia </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The way to look at this is what can you pull out from each that is similar?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Looks like 9 is the only thing so it would look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9(x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can check this out by multiplying both (x + 2) by 9 and see if it is back to the original expression we started with. Does it work?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ Toftness<BR>\n" );
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