document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1043836>Question 1043836</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My daughter is struggling. Day 1 of Algebra.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "AX-b = 12.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ax-b=12.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ax=12.5+b. Move the other variable that can be added or subtracted first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now divide by A on both sides, and x is isolated.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(12.5 +b)/A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The parentheses are important, for they say that everything inside is divided by A, which is what you want.  These problems look strange, because x will not turn out to be some number but a combination of variables.  That is fine, so long as it is one X, and nothing else is on that side of the equality. </SPAN>\n" );
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