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document.write( "9(5x - 3) + 5(2x + 4) = 2(3x + 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 9 by the 5x, getting 45x.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "45x\r\n" );
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document.write( "9(5x - 3) + 5(2x + 4) = 2(3x + 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 9 also by the -3.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "45x - 27\r\n" );
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document.write( "9(5x - 3) + 5(2x + 4) = 2(3x + 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the +5 by the 2x.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "45x - 27 + 10x\r\n" );
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document.write( "9(5x - 3) + 5(2x + 4) = 2(3x + 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the +5 also by the +4.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "45x - 27 + 10x + 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "9(5x - 3) + 5(2x + 4) = 2(3x + 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Copy the equal sign:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "45x - 27 + 10x + 20 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "9(5x - 3) + 5(2x + 4) = 2(3x + 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 2 by the 3x.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "45x - 27 + 10x + 20 = 6x\r\n" );
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document.write( "9(5x - 3) + 5(2x + 4) = 2(3x + 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 2 also by the +3.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "45x - 27 + 10x + 20 = 6x + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "45x - 27 + 10x + 20 = 6x + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now combine the 45x and the +10x. So far we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "      55x - 27 + 20 = 6x + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now combine the -27 and the +20:\r\n" );
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document.write( "            55x - 7 = 6x + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now get rid of the -7 on the left by adding \r\n" );
document.write( "its opposite +7 to both sides of the equation:\r\n" );
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document.write( "            55x - 7 = 6x + 6\r\n" );
document.write( "                + 7      + 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "            55x     = 6x + 13\r\n" );
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document.write( "Close up the gap:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                55x = 6x + 13\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now get rid of the 6x on the right by adding \r\n" );
document.write( "its opposite -6x to both sides of the equation:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                55x = 6x + 13\r\n" );
document.write( "               - 6x  -6x \r\n" );
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document.write( "                49x =      13\r\n" );
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document.write( "Close up the gap\r\n" );
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document.write( "                49x = 13\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get rid of the 49 coefficient by dividing both sides\r\n" );
document.write( "by 49\r\n" );
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document.write( "                49x     13\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 49     49\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the 49's on the left\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 1  \r\n" );
document.write( "                49x     13\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 49     49\r\n" );
document.write( "                  1\r\n" );
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document.write( "                        13\r\n" );
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document.write( "                        49\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the answer: x = 13/49, thirteen forty-ninths.\r\n" );
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