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document.write( "7-(2x-1)=10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-14x-7=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then add 7 to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-14x=17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1: You're going to want to begin by distributing the negative (-) symbol to everything in the parenthesis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7 - (2x-1) = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 - 2x + 1 = 10 (Remember: A negative and a positive sign make a negative sign (-), and a negative sign and a negative sign make a positive sign (+))\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2: Combine like terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7 - 2x + 1 = 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add the 7 and 1 together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 - 2x = 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3: Subtract the positive 8 from both sides so you can get '-2x' by itself.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[(8 - 8) - 2x = (10 - 8)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You'll get: -2x = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 4: Divide '-2' on both sides so you can get the 'x' by itself, like so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2x = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2/2) is 1, so 'x' stays by itself, and (2/-2) is a -1, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 5: The answer you'll get is x = -1 \r<BR>\n" );
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