document.write( "Question 62332: Name the property of real numbers illustrated below. Be specific with the naming (include “of addition” or “of multiplication,” if applicable).
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document.write( "Name the property of real numbers illustrated below. Be specific with the\r\n" );
document.write( "naming (include “of addition” or “of multiplication,” if applicable).\r\n" );
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document.write( "8 * (4 * 9) = (8 * 4) * 9 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that on the left side, the parentheses around the 4 * 9 \r\n" );
document.write( "ASSOCIATES the MULTIPLICATION of the 4 times the 9, and on the \r\n" );
document.write( "right side, the parentheses around the 8 * 4 on the left ASSOCIATES the\r\n" );
document.write( "MULTIPLICATION of the 8 times the 4.  Therefore this property is\r\n" );
document.write( "called the ASSOCIATIVE property of MULTIPLICATION.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x:\r\n" );
document.write( "      (x – 5)/3 – 3/2 = (4x + 7)/6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply every term on the left and right by the LCD of 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(6)(x - 5)/3 - (6)3/2 = (6)(4x + 7)/6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the denominator 3 into the (6) in the first term on the left.\r\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the denominator 2 into the (6) in the second term on the left.\r\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the denominator 6 into the (6) in the term on the right.\r\n" );
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document.write( " 2              3        1\r\n" );
document.write( "(6)(x - 5)/3 - (6)3/2 = (6)(4x + 7)/6\r\n" );
document.write( "           1        1               1\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (2)(x - 5) - (3)3 = (4x + 7)\r\n" );
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document.write( "         2(x - 5) - 9 = 4x + 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you can finish and get x = -13\r\n" );
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