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document.write( "    x + 23 = 8x - 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "is not a question. It is an equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A question is how to solve it . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "                SOLUTION\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 23 = 8x - 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Move x from left side to right side, changing its sign.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    23     = 8x - 5 - x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms on the left side\r\n" );
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document.write( "    23     = 7x - 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Move (-5) from right side to the left side, changing the sign\r\n" );
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document.write( "    23 + 5 = 7x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms in the left side\r\n" );
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document.write( "   28      = 7x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x      = 28/7 = 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The solution is  x= 4.\r\n" );
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