document.write( "Question 1206843: Solve the equation 643x-1÷16x+2=256x÷42x
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Algebra.Com's Answer #844511 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "I'm always suspicious about problems like this.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The way you have it, with no parentheses, it means this\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"643x-expr%281%2F16%29x%2B2=256%2Aexpr%28x%2F42%29%2Ax\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "which has approximate solutions x≈-0.0031106305 and x≈105.4850442\r\n" );
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document.write( "using a TI-84 Plus CE calculator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "But my experience with students' failure to understand \r\n" );
document.write( "how to type mathematical expressions all on one line,\r\n" );
document.write( "tells me that you might have meant this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28643x-1%29%2F%2816x%2B2%29=%28256x%29%2F%2842x%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"643x-1%2F%2816x%2B2%29=256expr%28x%2F42%29%2Ax\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28643x-1%29%2F%2816x%29%2B2=256expr%28x%2F42%29%2Ax\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "or some other ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So I'm not going to attempt the other ways. They\r\n" );
document.write( "all have different solutions.\r\n" );
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