document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=102333>Question 102333</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -3(x+5)=8x+18                    \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i don't understand the process of moving the variable to one side of the equal sign.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First you want to go ahead and distribute the -3;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x-15=8x+18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you want to get both variables, in this case the x,on the same side;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we will go ahead and subtract the 8x from both sides, by doing this we move it over,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x-15-8x=8x+18-8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "collect like terms;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-11x-15=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now lets move the -15 to the other side, so we have to add it to both sides;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-11x-15+15=18+15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-11x=33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now we want x alone, so we will divide each side by -11;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps<BR>\n" );
document.write( ":) </SPAN>\n" );
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