document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=73390>Question 73390</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve for x;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7(3x+11) = 9(3-6x) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "7(3x+11) = 9(3-6x)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First, on the left side multiply the 7 by each of the terms in the parentheses to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "21x + 77 = 9(3 - 6x)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now on the right side multiply 9 times each of the terms in the parentheses to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "21x + 77 = 27 - 54x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now the object is to get all the terms with x on the right side and all the terms that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are just numbers onto the right side.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Begin by adding 54x to both sides of the equation.  On the right side this cancels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the - 54x.  The equation then becomes:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "75x + 77 = 27<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now subtract 77 from both sides to get rid of the + 77 on the left side.  When you do<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this subtraction the equation becomes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "75x = -50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally solve for x by dividing both sides by the multiplier of x which is 75.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -50/75 = -2/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer to this problem is x = -2/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope that this gives you a little insight into the procedures that can be used to solve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equations. </SPAN>\n" );
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