document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=16240>Question 16240</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help I have tried this problem over and over.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "22x + 2(3x+5)=66 where do you start first? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You want to start with distributing the 2;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*3x+2*5=6x+10;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you have ;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "22x+6x+10=66<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add like terms;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28x+10=66<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 10 from both sides;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28x+10-10=66-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28x=56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by 28;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope you understand<BR>\n" );
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