document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=49611>Question 49611</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve these two equations:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+3-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+2-1x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+2-1x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you have posted are not equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You cannot \"solve\" them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can,however, simplify them as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3-2 = x+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+2-1x = x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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