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document.write( "               For The Past Week, My Math Teacher Assigns Us Algebra But I Don't Understand The Steps To Solving an Equation ex 5a-b=7. Help? :) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You have 2 variables, a and b.  With only 1 eqn, you can solve for a in terms of b, and vice versa.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5a-b=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for a:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add b to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5a = b + 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = (b+7)/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for b:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5a-b=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add b to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5a = b+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b+7 = 5a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 5a - 7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving an eqn is getting the specified variable on one side of the equal sign by itself.\r<BR>\n" );
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