document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=332802>Question 332802</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> f(x)= x-5A / -10X + 2    \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(-10)= -15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is a problem that i can't seem to solve.  especially when i plug  -15 in for (x) but don't know how to get (a) by it self.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Plugging -15 in for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> is the wrong thing to do.  You need to plug in -10 and then make the whole thing be equal to -15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{-10\ -\ 5A}{-10(-10)\ +\ 2}\ =\ -15\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 102, then add 10 to both sides, then divide both sides by -5\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" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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