document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=62375>Question 62375</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130260371/algebrahomeworkh>prealgebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i dont know how to solve equations with two variables on both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ex: 3x-7 = 4x+5 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #43095 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><B>funmath(2933)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=43095\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Just decide which side you want your variables to be on and move them there within the rules of algebra, then move everything else to the other side within the rules of algebra.  Whatever you do to one side, you also do to the other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ex: 3x-7 = 4x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-4x-7=4x-4x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x-7=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x-7+7=5+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x/-1=12/-1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check if x=-12 does the equation equal?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(-12)-7=4(-12)+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-36-7=-48+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-43=-43 Yes. We're right!!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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