document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=606578>Question 606578</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x=w/8+y/8+z/8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #382123 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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=382123\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To make things a little easier, let's first get rid of the denominators by multiplying both sides of the equations (all terms) by 8 to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8x+=+%288%2Aw%29%2F8%2B%288%2Ay%29%2F8+%2B+%288%2Az%29%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8x+=+%288%2Aw%29%2F8%2B%288%2Ay%29%2F8+%2B+%288%2Az%29%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where an 8 appears in the numerator, it cancels with the 8 in the denominator:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and we are left with:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8x+=+w+%2B+y+%2B+z ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8x+=+w+%2B+y+%2B+z\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we want to get y by itself on one side of the equation and everything else on the other side. To do that we can subtract w and z from both sides of the equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On the right side the w and the minus w cancel each other and also the z and the minus z cancel each other, and we are left with just y. So the equation is reduced to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8x+-+w+-+z+=+y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8x+-+w+-+z+=+y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just transpose this (switch sides) to get it into the conventional form:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And that's the answer to this problem. We have solved for y in terms of the other variables in the equation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand what you were asked to do and how you would go about doing it.<BR>\n" );
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