document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=266661>Question 266661</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 100=-(x-1)+4(x-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100=-x+-1+4x+-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100=3x+-25?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'm lost on this one? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You are good so far except for one mistake in the second step. It would be two negatives in front of 1 to make it a positive 1. Here's the next step. (Hint: we want the x all alone on one side of the equal sign)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100=-(x-1)+4(x-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100=-x+1+4x-24 now combine like terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100=3x+-23 Now we add 23 to both sides to give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "123=3x Divide both sides by 3 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ <BR>\n" );
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