document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=656636>Question 656636</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Instructions: write and solve an equation to solve for the value of x for the square.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(And it shows a picture of a square with 4x on bottom of square and 36-5x on right side of square).  What I did was 4x = 36-5x, then I subtracted 4 from both sides, and got 36-9x, then I subtracted 9 from both sides and got -4.  Is this correct? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You were good to go at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 4x\ =\ 36\ -\ 5x\">.  Then if you subtracted 4 from both sides you would have had <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 4x\ -\ 4\ =\ 32\ -\ 5x\"> which is just a bigger mess to clean up.  What you actually did was subtract <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 4x\"> from both sides, leaving you with <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 0\ =\ 36\ -\ 9x\"> and causing you to have to do another step...bad form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 5x\"> to both sides, then multiply by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{1}{9}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And give me your address so that I can come wash your mouth out with soap if you ever say the word \"subtract\" again as long as you live.  NEVER subtract, instead, add the opposite.  Same thing with divide.  NEVER divide; multiply by the reciprocal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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