document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257005>Question 257005</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write y=1/2x + 7/4 in standard form \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i did this : <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=1/2x + 7/4 then i subtracted 1/2x from both sides . <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the i had this : -1/2x + y = 7/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then i multiplied 2 for everything . <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and got this :<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x + 2y = 14 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "is this answer correct?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Exactly.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\ -\ 2y\ =\ -14\"> is also correct, and probably the way I would have written it, but neither way is more correct than the other.  Some people are glad to see you, others are happy to see you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One other thing I would change about your process:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You subtracted <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{1}{2}x\"> from both sides.  I would have added <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -\frac{1}{2}x\"> to both sides.  The difference is quite subtle, but I find that if you never subtract, but add the additive inverse instead, and you never divide, rather multiply by the reciprocal, you make lots fewer errors. \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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