document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=806769>Question 806769</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how would you do a problem like <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #486002 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=486002\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would solve every problem like that the same way.  Multiply both sides by the denominator in the LHS, collect terms with a variable in the LHS, collect constant terms in the RHS, combine like terms, and multiply by the reciprocal of the resultant coefficient on the variable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next time don't try to get fancy by drawing a vinculum; they never render properly anyway.  Enclose your numerator in parentheses, type a forward slash, and then enclose your denominator in parentheses:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3x)/(2x + 7) = 36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is the desired rendering.  It means exactly the same thing as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{3x}{2x\ +\ 7}\ =\ 36\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See <a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"http://www.purplemath.com/modules/mathtext.htm\">Formatting Math as Text</a> for more information on text input for math.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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