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document.write( "Hi, 
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document.write( "*Note: when 'solving' for a variable, we must isolate the variable on one side of the equation
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document.write( "7 + 6/a =5
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document.write( "Multiplying each term on both sides of the equation by a so as all denominators = 1
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document.write( "7a + 6 = 5a
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document.write( "Performing operations necessary on both sides of the equation to isolate 'a'
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document.write( "7a + 6 = 5a  subtracting 5a from both sides
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document.write( "2a + 6 = 0   subtracting 6 from both sides of equation
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document.write( "2a = -6      divding both sides by 2
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document.write( "a = -3       \n" );
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