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document.write( "Your starting equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2(x-8) = 3x - 26\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify it step by step\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x - 16 = 3x - 26\r\n" );
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document.write( "Collect the terms with x on the right side.\r\n" );
document.write( "Collect all other terms (constant terms) in the left side.\r\n" );
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document.write( "By moving the terms over the equation sign, from left side to right side and vice versa,\r\n" );
document.write( "change the sign of the term to the opposite one, each time.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    26 - 16 = 3x - 2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine and compute like terms\r\n" );
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document.write( "      10   =    x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  x = 10.\r\n" );
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