document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=758394>Question 758394</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A student was told that in order to check a solution to a word problem like the one in problem 6, it is not enough to check that the solution she found satisfies the equation she set up, but rather that it is necessary to check the answer against the original problem. She would like to know why. How do you respond? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #461456 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39625)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=461456\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Those two descriptions seem to be the same thing.  Give us more information about the solution she set up.  Was this after solving an analyzed set of equations, or was this solution set up directly from the analyzed worded description of the problem?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sometimes, through the solution symbolic steps (arithmetic or algebra), multiplications or divisions create \"extraneous\" solutions as a result of the near-end of the process, and one or the other or so of these solutions will either NOT work in the original equation; or will make no sense for the original problem description.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can or should try this help request again BUT TELL US EXACTLY What is \"problem 6\". </SPAN>\n" );
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