document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=8084>Question 8084</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Yesterday in class I was told if you had a problem like figureA you put a one in front of the variable, in this case x. Today I had a test and I did just that. After the test he went over the answers, and now he says do it as in figureB. Which way is correct? I have another test tomorrow and don't want to make the same mistakes. Thanks for your time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FigureA: 4+x=4+1x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FigureB: 4+x=4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                 Sincerely,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                    Katie </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #4478 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=prince_abubu><B>prince_abubu(198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=prince_abubu><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=4478\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Figure A: 4 + x = 4 + 1x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's so true. I guess your teacher is trying to point out that when you write a variable by itself, there really is a 1 being multiplied to it, but you don't really write it. The mere presence of a single variable automatically means that there's one of it. If anything else, you would have to say 2x if there were really 2 x's.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Figure B: 4 + x = 4x <----- INCORRECT\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Four plus some number does not mean to multiply 4 to whatever that number is. That's like saying 5 + 6 = 5*6, which is obviously wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm not sure what you mean by \"do it as in figure B\". </SPAN>\n" );
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