document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=335017>Question 335017</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if i am teatching a class how would i teatch them how to solve 3-5(x+2)=3(x+1)+6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3-5(x+2)=3(x+1)+6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your Problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-5(x+2)=3(x+1)+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Explain the distributive law<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and apply it to the parentheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "on the left and on the right side <BR>\n" );
document.write( "to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-5x-10 = 3x+3+6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify each side by combining \"like\" terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x-7 = 3x+9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 5x to both sides to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7 = 8x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 9 from both sides to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x = -16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by 8 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Teach the students how to check their answers so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they will know if their answers are correct.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-5(x+2)=3(x+1)+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute -2 for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-(-2+2) = 3(-2+1)+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-0 = 3(-1)+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = -3+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tell the students this means they have found <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a numerical value that makes the original <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equal true when it is substituted for the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "letter \"x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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