document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=701842>Question 701842</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this equation: 7a + 2b  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #432611 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><B>Edwin McCravy(20056)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Edwin+McCravy><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=432611\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sorry but that's not an equation. An equations must<BR>\n" );
document.write( "contain an equal sign \"=\". It's an expression,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and you can't \"solve\" an expresion.  The instructions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "may have told you to evaluate it at some value of \"a\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and \"b\", or something else.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "State what your book or worksheet says that you are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "supposed to do with that expression in the thank-you <BR>\n" );
document.write( "note and I'll email you back with what to do.\r<BR>\n" );
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