document.write( "Question 272451: Afternoon, thank you in advance...HELP!!! I'm a mom trying to remember how to do this. I gave up. been at it for more than 35 mins...Son is being asked to find the value of n.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #199311 by Edwin McCravy(20066)\"\" \"About 
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Afternoon, thank you in advance...HELP!!! I'm a mom trying to remember how to do this. I gave up. been at it for more than 35 mins...Son is being asked to find the value of n.\r
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\"%22=%22\"\"n\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"50\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"2\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the distributive principle:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22%28%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"50\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"2\"\"%22%29%22\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the 50 and the 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22%28%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"52\"\"%22%29%22\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by \"1%2F75\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"1%2F75\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22%28%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"52\"\"%22%29%22\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"75\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"1%2F75\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put the \"75\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"1%2F75\"'s in parentheses just for emphasis\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"%22%28%22\"\"75\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"1%2F75\"\"%22%29%22\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22%28%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"52\"\"%22%29%22\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"%22%28%22\"\"75\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"1%2F75\"\"%22%29%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the \"75\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"1%2F75\"'s by \"1\"'s\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"1\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22%28%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"52\"\"%22%29%22\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since 1 is the identity for multiplication, any number multiplied by 1\r\n" );
document.write( "gives the same number as the number multip[lied by it, so we can just\r\n" );
document.write( "eliminate the \"%22%D7%22\"\"1\"'s:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22%28%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"52\"\"%22%29%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We can eliminate those parentheses:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22=%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"52\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract \"52\" from both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"352\"\"%22-%22\"\"52\"\"%22=%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"52\"\"%22-%22\"\"52\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Do the subtractions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"300\"\"%22=%22\"\"n\"\"%22%2B%22\"\"0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"300\"\"%22=%22\"\"n\"\r\n" );
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