document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=831654>Question 831654</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This should be super easy, but I am not doing something right, however I cannot figure out what it is.  I know that the answer is 100 (from creating a table), but I need to show my work algebraically.  When I do it algebraically I can't get the right answer for X.  Please help!!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$8(X)=$200+$10(X-40) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8X=200+10(X-40), dropping the dollar symbol, focusing just on the numbers without money unit;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8X=200+10X-400, Distributive Property<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=200-400+2X, Additive Inverse of 8X and Commutative Property for Addition<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2X-200=0, (.......what's my reason?)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2X=200, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=100, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X=100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X=100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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