document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=757568>Question 757568</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve for x: 3/5(x+2)=x-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please solve it and show how you did because I can't remember how to solve it. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply out<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/5x + 6/5 = x - 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Collect like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "remembering to change signs <BR>\n" );
document.write( "as you cross the equal sign.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/5x - x = -4 - 6/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x = 5/5x   and -4 = -20/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     -2/5x = -26/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10x = -130<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by -10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   x = 13.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Proof:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/5(x+2)=x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/5(13 + 2) = 13 - 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/5(15) = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     9 = 9  Proved<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps.<BR>\n" );
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