document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=334831>Question 334831</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am currently working me way through a pre-course docket for a royal navy engineering course. I have a GCSE B maths grade (in 1999) and my use of maths has been fairly limited. However, I have been doing quite well in this docket, until now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have nipped forward to find the answer to this exerise that follows. I cannot work out how the answer was obtained; I also have no faith in this dockets authority as a number of terrible typos have beset me already.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "The equation is thus:\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "5x+24=3x\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "That is exactly how it is printed in the docket. The answer, as printed, is apparently -12.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Please, could you explain to me, how this could be? I also know that with an unkown on both sides, it is customary to eliminate x from one side, however, this has still not lead to the answer of -12.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Could this be right? Or could it be the result of any number of typing errors?\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Thanks for your time.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Craig Jenkins (panicking) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #239906 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=janakisubramanian><B>janakisubramanian(2)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=janakisubramanian><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=239906\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The given equation is 5x + 24 = 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Transpose 3x to LHS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> 5x + 24 - 3x = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> 5x - 3x + 24 = 0 {rearranging}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> 2x + 24 = 0 {simplifying like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> 2x = -24 {transposing 24 to RHS}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> x = -24/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> x = -12\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Thus, the given answer is right. i.e. x = -12\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Good luck!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Janaki </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );