document.write( "Question 497342: Can you help me understand questions like 20s+4=13s-10 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #337502 by Flannery(124)\"\" \"About 
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What you want to do is isolate s on the right side of the equal sign like this.
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\n" ); document.write( "20s-13s+4=13s-13s-10
\n" ); document.write( "7s+4=-10
\n" ); document.write( "7s+4-4=-10-4
\n" ); document.write( "7s=-14
\n" ); document.write( "s=-2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "20(-2)+4=13(-2)-10
\n" ); document.write( "-40+4=-26-10
\n" ); document.write( "-36=-36
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