document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=367303>Question 367303</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the equation.  You must show every step.  This includes distributing, adding and subtracting a number from both sides of the equation, multipliying a number on both sides of the equation, and dividing a number on both sides of the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      5x + 1    =     1  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         8                 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      5x + 1    =     1  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         8            2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5X+1)/8=1/2 CROSS MULTIPLY.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(5X+1)=8*1 MULTIPLY.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10X+2=8 SUBTRACT 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10X=8-2 COMBINE THE INTEGERS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10X=6 DIVIDE BY 10.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=6/10 REDUCE THE FRACTION.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=3/5 OR 0.6 ANS.\r<BR>\n" );
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