document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=341913>Question 341913</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you solve this problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+(4y)+(12x)+9y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+(4y)+(12x)+9y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You don't solve it; you simplify it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+12x + 4y+9y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 14x + 13y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's like adding apples and oranges.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can add them but you always end up<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with some number of apples and some<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of oranges.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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