document.write( "Question 11978: how would you solve a problem like -x(3/7+y) \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #6088 by longjonsilver(2297)\"\" \"About 
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right, well first you would not \"solve\" it, as it isn't equal to anything. Even if it was equal to something, you have 2 unknowns... x and y and just one equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you meant, how do i expand the bracket? then what it actually is saying, written out fully, is:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-1x%2A%28%28%2B3%2F7%29%2B1y%29\" --> i take it, you meant this? rather than \"3%2F%287%2By%29\"?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so the (-1x) has to be multiplied to both the (+3/7) and the (+1y). These each give:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "--> answer is -(3x)/7 - xy\r
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