document.write( "Question 468673: where do i start? Tell me what I did wrong
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document.write( "But we must check a solution to a\r\n" );
document.write( "rational equation in the original\r\n" );
document.write( "rational equation to make sure we do \r\n" );
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document.write( "That looks correct, but it is meaningless\r\n" );
document.write( "because division by 0 is not defined.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore there is no solution.\r\n" );
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