document.write( "Question 534627: whats an equation with a variable on both sides that will give me the variable to be 24 ?? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #351612 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "This amounts to working a problem backward:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Start with the answer that you want to end up with:\r\n" );
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document.write( "           x = 24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then multiply both sides by some arbitrary number,\r\n" );
document.write( "say -2\r\n" );
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document.write( "         -2x = -48\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now add an arbitrary multiple of x, say 7x, to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    -2x + 7x = -48 + 7x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine the terms on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          5x = -48 + 7x\r\n" );
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document.write( "That one will do, but if you like you can add an arbitrary\r\n" );
document.write( "number to both sides, say 17\r\n" );
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document.write( "     5x + 17 = -48 + 7x + 17\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine -48 and 17 on the right side: \r\n" );
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document.write( "     5x + 17 = -31 + 7x\r\n" );
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document.write( "That one has the solution x = 24.  You can make as many equations\r\n" );
document.write( "that have the solution x = 24 as you like, choosing different \r\n" );
document.write( "arbitrary numbers from the ones I chose.\r\n" );
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