document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1040409>Question 1040409</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> AX+B=C(X-A) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "SOLVE FOR X </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Isolate X on one side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AX+B=CX-CA<BR>\n" );
document.write( "move the CX to the left and B to the right <BR>\n" );
document.write( "AX-CX=-CA-B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "factor out X, factor out a minus sign on the right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X(A-C)= -(CA+B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by (A-C)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-(CA+B)/(A-C)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check.  Let A=3 B=4 C=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3X+4=2(X-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3X=2X-6-4=2X-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put it into above<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-(2*3+4)/(1)=-10 </SPAN>\n" );
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