document.write( "Question 266661: 100=-(x-1)+4(x-6)
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Algebra.Com's Answer #195905 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "100 = -(x - 1) + 4(x - 6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "put a -1 where the negative sign is just before the \r\n" );
document.write( "first parentheses on the left\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the distributive principle to remove the parentheses:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 = -1(x + -1) + 4(x + -6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 = -1*x + -1*-1 + 4*x + 4*-6\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 =  -1*x +  1   + 4*x + -24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange the terms omn the right\r\n" );
document.write( "to get like terms together:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 =  -1*x + 4*x + 1 + -24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the distributive principle in reverse to\r\n" );
document.write( "put the x on the outside of parentheses: \r\n" );
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document.write( "100 =  (-1 + 4)*x + -23\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine the numbers in the parentheses\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 =       (3)*x + -23\r\n" );
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document.write( "    100 = 3*x + -23\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add +23 to both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 + 23 = 3*x + -23 + 23\r\n" );
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document.write( "    123 = 3*x + 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "    123 = 3*x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the solution is x=41.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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