document.write( "Question 804690: I am not sure if this the right subject to put this under but... I am helping a friend whose kid was kicked out of school so she is having to home-school him. I am decent at math (not wonderful) so she has been having me help with the problems she can't get. We are all stuck on one right now. I have an example then I will show the problem. \"4x-5=4x-20\" the answer is \"4%28x-5%29=4x-20\" We need to make \"4%2824%29=4%286%29%2B4%284%29\" correct... please tell me how and how I can explain it to a sixth grader \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #484866 by solver91311(24713)\"\" \"About 
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