document.write( "Question 480621: I also need help solving this literal equations. I need to solve for x.
\n" ); document.write( "cx + 4c = 5x + 7c \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "                                              We only want x terms on the left, \r\n" );
document.write( "                         cx + 4c = 5x + 7c    so get the x term off the right\r\n" );
document.write( "                   -5x            -5x         by adding -5x to both sides.\r\n" );
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document.write( "                   -5x + cx + 4c =      7c    4c does not contain x, so \r\n" );
document.write( "                            - 4c      - 4c    get if off the left side by\r\n" );
document.write( "                   ------------------------   adding -4c to both sides.\r\n" );
document.write( "                   -5x + cx      =      3c \r\n" );
document.write( "                                              Factor out x on the left\r\n" );
document.write( "                  x(-5 + c)      =      3c\r\n" );
document.write( "                                              Get rid of the multiplied -5+c\r\n" );
document.write( "                                              by dividing both sides by it\r\n" );
document.write( "                  x(-5 + c)             3c\r\n" );
document.write( "                 覧覧覧覧覧      =   覧覧覧覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                   -5 + c             -5 + c             \r\n" );
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document.write( "                                              Cancel the -5+c on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                        3c\r\n" );
document.write( "                         x       =   覧覧覧覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                                      -5 + c \r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the answer, but maybe your teacher would think it would look better\r\n" );
document.write( "if you wrote the denominator like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                        3c\r\n" );
document.write( "                         x       =   覧覧覧覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                                       c - 5 \r\n" );
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