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document.write( "-12x = 72\r\n" );
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document.write( "You want just x on the left, so you need to divide -12x by\r\n" );
document.write( "-12 so that the -12's will cancel out and leave just x.\r\n" );
document.write( "But if we divide the left side by -12 we must also divide\r\n" );
document.write( "the right side by -12:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel and get x on the left side and we divide top and\r\n" );
document.write( "bottom of  and get -6\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x = -6\r\n" );
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