document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=731910>Question 731910</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the equation for r:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3(6r+5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The line is a division ba </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "note :: the symbol * means multiplication and the symbol / means division\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3(6r+5)/8 = 6r-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3*(6r+5) = 8*(6r-1) [8 is transposed from the left side of the equal sign to its right side]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3*6r - 3*5 = 8*6r - 8 [we now open the brackets]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-18r - 15 = 48r - 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we now collect the like terms to the left side and right sides respectively\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=> 48r+18r = -15+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=> 66r = -7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=> r = -7/66 </SPAN>\n" );
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