document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=655994>Question 655994</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you solve this?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(3h+2)-4h= -16 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) 2(3h+2)-4h = -16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First step is to clear the (), yielding<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) 6h + 4 -4h = -16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next combine like terms and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) 2h = -20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now divide each side by 2 and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) h = -20/2 or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5) h = -10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check this value using (1).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is (2*(3*(-10)+2)-4(-10) = -16)?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is (2*(-30+2)+40 = -16)?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is (2*(-28)+40 = -16)?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is (-56+40 = -16)?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is ( -16 = -16)? Yes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer: h equals -10. </SPAN>\n" );
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