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 Z = Ma = ba\r\n" );
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document.write( "You made a typo. One of those = signs should either \r\n" );
document.write( "be a + and a -.  Here are all possibilities:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.     Z+Ma = ba, solve for a\r\n" );
document.write( "      Ma-Ba = -Z\r\n" );
document.write( "     a(M-B) = -Z\r\n" );
document.write( "          a = -Z/(M-B)\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.        Z = Ma+ba, solve for a\r\n" );
document.write( "      Ma+ba = Z\r\n" );
document.write( "     a(M+b) = Z\r\n" );
document.write( "          a = Z/(M+b) \r\n" );
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document.write( "3.     Z-Ma = ba, solve for a\r\n" );
document.write( "          Z = Ma+ba\r\n" );
document.write( "      Ma+ba = Z\r\n" );
document.write( "     a(M+b) = Z\r\n" );
document.write( "          a = Z/(M+b)\r\n" );
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document.write( "4.       Z = Ma-ba, solve for a\r\n" );
document.write( "      Ma-ba = Z\r\n" );
document.write( "     a(M-b) = Z\r\n" );
document.write( "          a = Z/(M-b)\r\n" );
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