document.write( "Question 939328: -4m - 7 + m - 2 = 6
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document.write( "       -4m-7+m-2 = 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "On the left side, combine the like terms\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Combine -4m and +m as -3m\r\n" );
document.write( "    Combine like terms -7 and -2 as -9\r\n" );
document.write( "    So the left side is -3m-9\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -3m-9 = 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "We only want letter terms on the left, so\r\n" );
document.write( "we get the -9 off the left side by adding\r\n" );
document.write( "the opposite +9 to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -3m-9 =  6\r\n" );
document.write( "              +9   +9\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -3m   = 15 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Next we divide both sides by the coefficient\r\n" );
document.write( "of m, which is -3:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the -3's on the left and get just m. \r\n" );
document.write( "Divide 15 by -3 on the right and get -5          \r\n" );
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document.write( "              m = -5\r\n" );
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