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Given:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"-6a+=+54\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "You can solve for \"a\" by dividing both sides of the equation by -6 which is the multiplier
\n" ); document.write( "of the \"a\". When you do this division the problem becomes:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28-6a%29%2F%28-6%29+=+54%2F%28-6%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "On the left side the -6 in the numerator cancels with the -6 in the denominator as follows:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"cross%28-6%29a%2Fcross%28-6%29+=+54%2F%28-6%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "and the left side becomes just \"a\". On the right side the -6 divides into the 54 to give
\n" ); document.write( "you a quotient of -9.
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\n" ); document.write( "So the answer to this problem is:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"a+=+-9\"$
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