document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1043615>Question 1043615</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ref. Question 1044571:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I still can't solve for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ref. Question 1043539:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\" What do you not understand in this solution? \"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't understand:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y/x = 1/c\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't understand the steps after:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - x/c  = b - a.  (substitution for y).\r<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 #658809 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39625)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=658809\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ----------------------------------------------------------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ref. Question 1044571:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I still can't solve for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't understand:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y/x = 1/c\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - x/c  = b - a.  (substitution for y).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One of the original equations was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy=c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2Fy%29y=cy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2Fy%29y=cy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, Multiplication Property of Equality<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=cy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=cy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, Multiplicative Inverse Property<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28x%2Fc=y%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28x%2Fc=y%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, combined steps for same two properties<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We would choose whichever equation step we want to use for the other equation. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We should be able to do certain steps in our head, like knowing that the equality of two rational numbers is equivalent to the equality of their reciprocals; but if we forget this, we can still use the number properties we know in order to find the same relationship.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The other equation, after substitution, became  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-x%2Fc=b-a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-x%2Fc=b-a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;  do you recognize what was substituted?  Big Hint shown above.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Objective is to solve for x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Just as you can go forward with Distributive Property, you can also go backward to factorize.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%281-1%2Fc%29=b-a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%281-1%2Fc%29=b-a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, factorization, much like \"combining like terms\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know what comes next.....!\r<BR>\n" );
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