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document.write( ", if a=8, x=-10\r\n" );
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document.write( "replace \"a\" by (8), and replace x by (-10)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine the 8 and the (-10) as -2\r\n" );
document.write( "[Subtract as in basic math and use the sign\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now multiply the -3 by the -2\r\n" );
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document.write( "[A negative times a negative is a positive.]\r\n" );
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