document.write( "Question 1140341: How to solve this: x -.2x = 500 or X minus 20% of X Equals 500. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "x -.2x = 500 or X x minus 20% of X x Equals 500.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x-0.2x=500\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%281-0.2%29=500\"------(factorization; the reverse of Distributive Property)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.8x=500\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=500%2F0.8\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=625\"\r
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