document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=408277>Question 408277</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, would you tell me where I went wrong?  My textbook answer should be -12 but I came up with -6?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(n-3)/(2)-(4n-1)/(6)=(2)/(3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Common denonimator 12 and multipy by it<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 (n-3)/(2)-12(4n-1)(6)=12(2)/(3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6n-3-8n-1=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2n-(-4) =8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     +4     +4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-2n)/(-2n)=(12)/(-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n=-6 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #287687 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=287687\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You applied the distributive property incorrectly. When you multiplied 12(n-3)/2 = 6(n-3) in step 2, you wrote 6n-3 instead of 6n-18. Also, 12(4n-1)/6 = 8n-2, not 8n-1. It should be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286n+-+18%29+-+%288n+-+2%29+=+8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286n+-+18%29+-+%288n+-+2%29+=+8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2n+-+16+=+8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2n+-+16+=+8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2n+=+24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2n+=+24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> n = -12 </SPAN>\n" );
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