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Algebra.Com's Answer #607704 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Instead of doing it for you, I'll do one exactly like it so\r\n" );
document.write( "you can use what I do as a model, and do yours step by step\r\n" );
document.write( "exactly as I did:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-3x-(x-2)+14 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get rid of the parentheses in the -(x-2), since it is preceded\r\n" );
document.write( "by a - sign we change the sign before the x and the 2 and get -x+2.\r\n" );
document.write( "So the above becomes:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-3x-x+2+14 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we combine -3x-x considering it to be -3x-1x and get -4x\r\n" );
document.write( "We also combine +2+14 and get +16, so we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4x+16 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we want only the -4x on the left side so we add -16 to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4x+16 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "   -16   -16\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4x    = -16\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we want just x on the left side, so we divide both sides by the\r\n" );
document.write( "coefficient of x which is -4:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x = 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now do yours the same way.\r\n" );
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