document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=54439>Question 54439</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 9x+14=41\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-4=11 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #36690 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><B>funmath(2933)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=36690\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We need to get x all by itself on one side of the = sign within the rules of algebra.  Whatever you do to one side of the equal sign, you have to do to the other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x+14=41  (14 doesn't have an x, so we need to move it.  It's being added, so subtract it from both sides of the equal sign.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x+14-14=41-14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x+0=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x=27   (x is being multiplied by 9, so we divide 9 on both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x/9=27/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1x=3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check by substituting x=3 back into the original equation to see if both sides equal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9(3)+14=41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27+14=41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "41=41 We're right!!!!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-4=11  (4 doesn't have an x so we add it to both sides of the equal sign.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-4+4=11+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+0=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=15  (x is being multiplied by 3, so divide both sides of the equation by 3.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x/3=15/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1x=5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check you answer by substituting x=5 into the original equation and see if both sides equal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(5)-4=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15-4=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11=11  Right again!!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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