document.write( "Question 358597: Can somebody please help me with this equation, I solved it but, i don't know if it's right. This is the problem :\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #255919 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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document.write( "I'm afraid you violated some algebra rules after the first step.\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = xz + z - x \r\n" );
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document.write( "Isolate all the terms that contain z on one side of the equation\r\n" );
document.write( "(You did that correctly, but after that it was all incorrect):\r\n" );
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document.write( "y + x = xz + z\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor out z on the side you isolated z terms on, which is the right\r\n" );
document.write( "side in this case:\r\n" );
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document.write( "y + x = z(x + 1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by (x + 1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "y + x      z(x + 1)\r\n" );
document.write( "-----  =  ----------\r\n" );
document.write( "x + 1       (x + 1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the (x + 1)'s on the right\r\n" );
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document.write( "y + x      z(x + 1)\r\n" );
document.write( "-----  =  ----------\r\n" );
document.write( "x + 1       (x + 1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "y + x      \r\n" );
document.write( "-----  =  z\r\n" );
document.write( "x + 1     \r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the final answer.  Don't try to go any further.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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