document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=774882>Question 774882</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am just having trouble figuring out exactly where to start I have gotten a little ways a couple of different tries. 7x+2 is over 14x-3 and likewise on the other side of the equation. I have tried multiplying both sides by the 2x+3 denominator. Then I have all of these variables on the left and only x-8 on the right. I am having trouble making sense of this. I feel like I am close I just need a bit of a nudge. Thanks <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x + 2	=	x – 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x – 3		2x+3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by (14x-3)(2x+3) on both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(7x+2)(2x+3)=(x-8)((14x-3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=14x%5E2%2B25x%2B6=14x%5E2-115x%2B24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"14x%5E2%2B25x%2B6=14x%5E2-115x%2B24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14x^2 cancel off\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25x+6=-115x+24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "140x=20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "/140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20/140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1/7\r<BR>\n" );
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