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document.write( "1/2x + 3 + 7/2x -5. The answer is 4x-2, but how do you get that answer? I times everything by 2 to get rid of the fraction so the equation ends up being: x+6+7x-5 and combining like terms I get 8x-1. What am I doing wrong here? </SPAN>\n" );
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