document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60821>Question 60821</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073268620/algebrahomeworkh>Elementry and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this (2x+6)=2x+4/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 1/2x+6+2x+4=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ahmed has first half of a treasure map, which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert (2x + 6) paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of the map. Her half indicates that to find the treasure, one must go to the Castle Rock, walk ‘x’ paces to the North, and then walk (2x + 4) paces to the East. If they share their information, then they can find ‘x’ and save a lot of digging. What is ‘x’?	 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "And in what world should a treasure map NOT be misleading?  If you use the negative root, then instead of going +2 paces North, you go -2 paces North, in other words, 2 paces South.  Then you go 2(-2) + 4 = 0 paces East.  And looky there, you are 2(-2) + 6 = 2 paces from castle rock, as Ahmed's part of the map advertised. Note that Ahmed's part of the map said NOTHING about direction, so his value doesn't have to come out negative to be correct.  With the information given, you may have to dig in two different places to find the treasure.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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