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document.write( "Or is it this?:\r
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document.write( "When you type an algebra problem all on one line
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document.write( "you have to put parentheses around the denominator
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document.write( "to show whether the denominator consists of just 
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document.write( "the 4, the 4t or the 4t-4\r
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document.write( "If it's \r
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document.write( "everythinbg will be a fraction and put parentheses
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document.write( "Find the LCD which is 
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document.write( "but put it over one and in parentheses like this:
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document.write( "Then multiply both sides of the equation by it: \r
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document.write( "Cancel out the 's on the left which just leaves
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document.write( "-8 on the left and erase the 1 denominators on the right
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document.write( "and you just have:\r
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document.write( "Use FOIL on the right\r
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document.write( "Combine terms on the right:\r
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document.write( "Get 0 on the right:\r
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document.write( "Divide everty term by 8\r
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document.write( "Solve that by the quadratic formula\r
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document.write( "a = 1, b = -7, c = 8\r
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document.write( "So the answers are \r
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document.write( "If it's \r
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document.write( "then distribute on the left to remove 
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document.write( "Put 1 under the 32, 12 and -2t so 
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document.write( "everything will be a fraction, and put
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document.write( "The LCD is t, so put it over 1 as 
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document.write( "We can cancel the t's in the first term and erase
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document.write( "all the 1 denominators and get:\r
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document.write( "Get 0 on the right\r
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document.write( "Divide every term by 2\r
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document.write( "Solve that by the quadratic formula\r
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document.write( "a = 1, b = 10, c = -1\r
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document.write( "So the answers are \r
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document.write( "If it's\r
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document.write( "then distribute on the left to remove the parentheses\r
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document.write( "So there is no solution.\r
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