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document.write( "Square both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "When you square both sides you take away the\r\n" );
document.write( "radical:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by (a-x)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel on the left.  Distribute on the right\r\n" );
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document.write( "      b = a² - a·x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add a·x to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "b + a·x = a²\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract b from both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    a·x = a² - b\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by a:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the a's on the left\r\n" );
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document.write( "   x = \r\n" );
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