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document.write( "           -19x - 34 = 56 - x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get rid of all terms on the LEFT which DO NOT contain x\r\n" );
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document.write( "The -34 on the LEFT DOES NOT contain x, so we get rid \r\n" );
document.write( "of it by adding its opposite, +34 to both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -19x - 34 = 56 - x\r\n" );
document.write( "                 +34  +34\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -19x      = 90 - x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get rid of all terms on the RIGHT which DO contain x        \r\n" );
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document.write( "The -x on the RIGHT DOES contain x, so we get rid \r\n" );
document.write( "of it by adding its opposite, +x to both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -19x      = 90 - x\r\n" );
document.write( "             +x            +x\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -18x      = 90\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we divide both sides by the coefficient of x, \r\n" );
document.write( "which is -18\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -18x           90\r\n" );
document.write( "          ------     =  -----\r\n" );
document.write( "           -18           -18\r\n" );
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document.write( "Dividing on the left gives just x; dividing on \r\n" );
document.write( "the right gives -5, so we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "              x      =  -5 \r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the answer. To check it we replace x \r\n" );
document.write( "by (-5) in the original equation:\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -19x - 34 = 56 - x\r\n" );
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document.write( "        -19(-5) - 34 = 56 - (-5)\r\n" );
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document.write( "             95 - 34 = 56 + 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "                     Ö \r\n" );
document.write( "                  61 = 61 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Both sides have the same number, 61, so the \r\n" );
document.write( "solution, -5, is correct.\r\n" );
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