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i KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY A SIMPLY ONE BUT iM HAVING A TIME TRYING TO\r\n" );
document.write( "FIGURE HOW TO GET THE CORRECT ANSWER.  DMVT math student.\r\n" );
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document.write( "SOLVE FOR B: AX+BY=C.  how do you get an answer from this?  \r\n" );
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document.write( "AX + BY = C\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rules for solving for a letter:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Get rid of all terms that DO NOT contain the letter to be solved for on the\r\n" );
document.write( "LEFT, and leave all the terms that contain that letter on the LEFT.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. Get rid of all terms that DO contain the letter to be solved for on the\r\n" );
document.write( "RIGHT, and leave all the terms that DO NOT contain that letter on the RIGHT.\r\n" );
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document.write( "AX + BY = C\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get rid of the AX term on the left because it does NOT contain B, and\r\n" );
document.write( "leave the BY because it DOES contain B.  To get rid of a term, add\r\n" );
document.write( "its opposite to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( " AX + BY = C\r\n" );
document.write( "-AX          - AX \r\n" );
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document.write( "      BY = C - AX\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by Y\r\n" );
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document.write( " BY     C - AX\r\n" );
document.write( "---- = --------\r\n" );
document.write( "  Y       Y\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the Y's on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( " 1\r\n" );
document.write( " BY     C - AX\r\n" );
document.write( "---- = --------\r\n" );
document.write( "  Y       Y\r\n" );
document.write( "  1\r\n" );
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document.write( "        C - AX\r\n" );
document.write( "   B = --------\r\n" );
document.write( "          Y\r\n" );
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