document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1066527>Question 1066527</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -2=-11/3(4) + b solve for b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer I get is b= -46/3, but when I entered the problem in WolframAlpha, they got b=38/3. I just want to know where I went wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's mine:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       y=-11/3x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      -2=-11/3(4)+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      -2=-44/3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      -b      -b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      -2-b=-44/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       +-2    +-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       b=-44/3+-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       b=-46/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you show me where I went wrong? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-2=-11/3(4) + b solve for b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer I get is b= -46/3, but when I entered the problem in WolframAlpha, they got b=38/3. I just want to know where I went wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's mine:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       y=-11/3x+b\r\n" );
document.write( "      -2=-11/3(4)+b\r\n" );
document.write( "      -2=-44/3+b\r\n" );
document.write( "      -b      -b\r\n" );
document.write( "      -2-b=-44/3\r\n" );
document.write( "       +-2    +-2       <<<---+++   I do not understand this \"+-\". Only \"+\" must be.\r\n" );
document.write( "       b=-44/3+-2       <<<---+++   This line is INCORRECT.  As a consequence, the next line is incorrect, too.\r\n" );
document.write( "       b=-46/3\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you show me where I went wrong?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Why it was so difficult to you to check it on your own ??\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you need to study solving equation, you may want to look into the lesson\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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