document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=83058>Question 83058</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030650542/algebrahomeworkh>Holt Middle School Math Course 2</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm trying to help my boys with this homework and I have no idea how to do this.  I don't want to just give them the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+5 for x=-18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "z/-6 for z=96 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+5, x=18 ... so 18+5=23\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "z/-6, z=96 ... so 96/-6=-16 </SPAN>\n" );
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