document.write( "Question 114624: I keep getting the wrong answer for this equation. I was wondering what the answer was to see if maybe the book was wrong. I keep getting 1/2 and the book writes 2. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7P-2%283-4P%29=12P-%28P%2B4%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7P-6-8P=12P-P-4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15P-6+=11P+-4\"........move \"11P\" to the left and \"-6\" to the right\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15P-+11P+=+6+-4\"........\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4P++=++2\"……….divide both sides by \"4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4P%2F4++=++2%2F4\"……….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P++=++1%2F2\"……….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "check the result from the book: plug in \"P=2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7P-2%283-4P%29=12P-%28P%2B4%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7%2A2+-+2%283-4%2A2%29=12%2A2-%282%2B4%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"14+-+2%28-5%29=24-6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"14+%2B10+=+24-6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"24=+18\".......the book was \"wrong\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "check your result : plug in \"P=1%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7P+-2%283-4P%29=12P-%28P%2B4%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7%2A1%2F2+-+2%2A3+%2B+8%2A1%2F2%29=+12%2A1%2F2+-%281%2F2%2B4%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3.5+-+6+%2B+4+=+6+-+4.5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3.5+-+2+=+1.5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1.5++=+1.5\"\r
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