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document.write( "5a+11+3a-7=-4 What does a equal?
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document.write( "Combing Like terms and Isolating 'a' on one side of the equaton:
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document.write( " 5a+11+3a-7=-4
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document.write( "  8a + 4 = -4    |Isolating 'a' by perfoming ALLOWABLE operations
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document.write( "    8a = -8      |Subtracting 4 from 'each side' of the equaton
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document.write( "     a = -1      |Dividing 'each side' of the equaton by 8\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer*** 
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document.write( " 5a+11+3a-7=-4
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document.write( " -5 + 11 - 3 - 7 = -4    (substituting a= -1)
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