document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=245867>Question 245867</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What do you do when you have a variable on both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Example 2g+14+5g=8g-3+8 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #179522 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=179522\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first combine like elements on each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2g+14+5g=8g-3+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2g+5g on the left can be combined to 7g<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3+8 on the right can be combined to 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so now we have <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7g+14=8g+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what we do to one side of the equation we must to the the other side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so if we subtract 5 from the right side we have to subtract 5 from the left side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so now we have <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7g+9=8g<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now we can subtract 7g from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and we get 9=1g or 9=g\r<BR>\n" );
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