document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=40650>Question 40650</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Grrr i'm trying to figure out the mistake i made when i was solving this equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How could I avoided it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the equation   2(x-3) = x +3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First step in solving  is  2x-2 =x +3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First step in solving  is  2x-2 =x +3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You didn't distribute the 2 in 2(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it should be 2*x -2*3  which is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-6 = x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you solve the rest?  Get the variable on one side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-6 = x + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x    -x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x -6 = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  +6  +6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x    = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then subsitute 9 for x and check your answer  </SPAN>\n" );
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