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document.write( "solve the multi-step equation </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "solve the multi-step equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8 = -(x + 4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1 * x = -1x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1 * 4 = -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8 = -1x - 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 4 to each side of the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8 + 4 = -1x - 4 + 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8 + 4 = -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4 + 4 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4 = -1x or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1x = -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide each side by -1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1x/-1 = -4/-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 4\r<BR>\n" );
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