document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=13764>Question 13764</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -2x-5=x+4 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6890 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tjnw79><B>tjnw79(57)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tjnw79><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=6890\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What you do to one side of the = you must do the same to the other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Our example is -2x-5=x+4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What your trying to do is simplify the answer. If you have a -5 on one side you want to add a +5 to both sides to cancel out one side and moving the problem to the other side of the formula.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2x=x+9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then take the x and subtract. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now the formula is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x=9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "because the -3x is multiplied you want to divide both sides by -3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=9/-3 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your answer should be -3. </SPAN>\n" );
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