document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=283644>Question 283644</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this equation.  4x + 9 = 7x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You can determine that since there are 2 x's in this equation, they can be combined together, they are like terms.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First, get the x's together by subtracting the 4x from the left to the right side of the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now divide by 3 to both sides of the equation to get x by itself:\r<BR>\n" );
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