document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=885016>Question 885016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> So i have been going over the linear models for over a month now.I am in eighth grade going on to the ninth.I will be taking algebra 2 but im having a hard time understanding it. I'm extremely confused on the actual problems. how do you go about solving them.for example :  a(x+2)=bx+a \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the distributive property on the left hand side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%28x%2B2%29=bx%2Ba ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%28x%2B2%29=bx%2Ba\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%2B2a=bx%2Ba ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%2B2a=bx%2Ba\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now move all unknown terms to the left hand side, known terms on the right hand side using multiplicative inverse and additive inverse as needed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=bx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"bx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax-bx%2B2a=bx-bx%2Ba ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax-bx%2B2a=bx-bx%2Ba\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax-bx%2B2a=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax-bx%2B2a=a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax-bx%2B2a-2a=a-2a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax-bx%2B2a-2a=a-2a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax-bx=-a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax-bx=-a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the distributive property on the left hand side.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by the multiplicative inverse of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28a-b%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28a-b%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%28a-b%29%2A%281%2F%28a-b%29%29=-a%2F%28a-b%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%28a-b%29%2A%281%2F%28a-b%29%29=-a%2F%28a-b%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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