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document.write( "First you must take 2-10 to get -8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So you now have 120=7x-8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next you must add 8 to the other side to get 128=7x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you take 128/7 because you divide by 7x by 7 to get the variable x alone.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "128/7=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To check your answer plug your solution 128/7 into your original equation for every instance of x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120=7(128/7)-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7(128/7) this multiplication operation causes the 7's to cancel leaving 128<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120=128-8, you then subtract 128-8 to get 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120=120 thus, proving the solution is valid.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps. </SPAN>\n" );
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