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Algebra.Com's Answer #328739 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "3x + 4 = 32\r\n" );
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document.write( "First we get rid of the added 4 by subtracting 4 from both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 4 = 32\r\n" );
document.write( "    -4   -4\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x     = 28\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we get rid of the multiplied 3 by dividing both sides by 3:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"3x%2F3\" = \"28%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x = \"9%261%2F3\" or in algebra it is usually OK just to\r\n" );
document.write( "leave it as an improper fraction \"28%2F3\".  Improper fractions are\r\n" );
document.write( "quite PROPER in algebra! :-)  \r\n" );
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