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document.write( "example: y<4 Thank You\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y < 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The left side is y, the right side in 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the left side is LESS THAN the right side, you must add a positive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number to the left side to make it equal to the right side.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This positive number is often called a \"slack variable\", because it takes up<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the slack between the smaller left side and the larger right side.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let this positive number be represented by \" s \". Then<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y + s = 4<BR>\n" );
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