document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=661336>Question 661336</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm trying to help my daughter with her algebra homework and want to make sure I've done the problem correctly before I do?!?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a/7 + 5/7 = 2/7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer is a = -3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Am I correct? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm trying to help my daughter with her algebra homework and want to make sure I've done the problem correctly before I do?!?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a/7 + 5/7 = 2/7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer is a = -3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Am I correct?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Yes, you are!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In order to determine if your solution to an equation is correct, you just have to substitute the value of each variable into the original equation(s), and see if that/those value(s) makes the equation(s) true. Hence,\r<BR>\n" );
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