document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=965666>Question 965666</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, I had an algebra problem and didn't quite understand it. Can you explain it for me? I can't find a solution...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Problem:  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x+4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(8x+4 over (x-7)) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #590235 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=590235\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (8x+4)/(x-7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%288x%2B4%29%2F%28x-7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%288x%2B4%29%2F%28x-7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What do you want with it?  No equation and no inequality, so nothing to solve.  Roots?  Domain?  Asymptotes?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Roots is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=-1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=-1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for the expression to be equal to 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Domain?  The x value for which the expression is undefined is at x=7, because the denominator would be 0, which cannot be allowed.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%3C%3E7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%3C%3E7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Vertical asymptote is at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Horizontal Asymptote?  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-4%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-4%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do you know why?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-----------DIVIDEND divided by DIVISOR------------\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Difficult text adjustment process to do the division problem on the site's page, but just like regular Long Division, first ask how many times does x go into 8x?  That will be the first partial quotient.  Multiply this result by x-7, and subtract from the first two parts of the dividend.....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "... You will have a nonzero remainder.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Attempt to show text-based polynomial division process all in ONE single chart:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "__________|____8______________-------------quotient line<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-7_______|_____8x_______4--------------------dividend line at right, divisor line at left<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "_______________8x_______-56<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "________________0_______60----------------results of subtraction, and showing any remainder of last subtraction result </SPAN>\n" );
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