document.write( "Question 610034: Can you give me step by step how to solve Linear Equations and why you did what you did? Please do equations like -4(3r-2)=-4 and 3(h-9)+2h=3 \n" ); document.write( "
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-4(3r-2)=-4
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\n" ); document.write( "Apply the distributive law to the left side to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "-12r+8 = -4
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\n" ); document.write( "Subtract 8 from both sides to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "-12r = -12
\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by -12 to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "r = 1
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3(h-9)+2h=3
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\n" ); document.write( "Apply the distributive law to the 1st term of the left side to get:
\n" ); document.write( "3h-27 + 2h = 3
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\n" ); document.write( "Combine \"like\" terms to get:
\n" ); document.write( "5h - 27 = 3
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\n" ); document.write( "Add 27 to both sides to get:
\n" ); document.write( "5h = 32
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\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by 5 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "h = 6.4
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