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document.write( "Approach 1:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add 4t to both sides and subtract 48 from both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Approach 2:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by -4, remembering the rule that\r\n" );
document.write( "when dividing both sides by a negative number, we\r\n" );
document.write( "must change the direction of the inequality.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answers are equivalent.  You learn from approach 1 that\r\n" );
document.write( "it is always possible to avoid having to switch the order \r\n" );
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