document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=86661>Question 86661</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help I can't seem to understan algebra no matter how hard I try.  Please help me learn to figure out this problem  5x + 41 = -4 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #62679 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tutorcecilia><B>tutorcecilia(2152)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tutorcecilia><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=tutorcecilia><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=62679\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 5x + 41 = -4 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x + 41 - 4= -4 -41 [isolate the x=term]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x= -45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x/5= -45/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= -9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check by plugging (x=90 back into the original equation]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x  + 41 = -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(-9) + 41 =-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-45+41=-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4=-4 [checks out]<BR>\n" );
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