document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=73388>Question 73388</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve for x;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(8-x) = 3x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "do the multiplication on the left side by multiplying 5 times each of the terms in the parentheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5*8 - 5*x = 3x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This simplifies to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40 - 5x = 3x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 5x to both sides to eliminate the -5x from the left side.  This gets the term with x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "on one side of the equal sign and the number term on the other side:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40 = 8x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now divide both sides by the multiplier of x (which is 8) to find x.  When you divide<BR>\n" );
document.write( "both sides by 8 the equation becomes:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40/8 = 8x/8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which reduces to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 = x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution to this problem is x = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to see a logical pattern of thought in solving linear algebraic<BR>\n" );
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