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document.write( "I am working on my math packet for school. I came across a section in it, in which i completely forgot
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document.write( "how to do. i asked my family and they helped me on most of the problems but they couldn't help me figure this one out.\r
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document.write( "I am suppose to determine the answer for each problem. Simplify when possible:\r
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document.write( "Here is the equation:  \r
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document.write( "I've tried combining the \"x\"s and I have also tried using the order of operations but no matter what i use, it seems like i can't solve it.\r
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document.write( "If you could go through each step and explain what you did and why you did it, i
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document.write( "would make it much easier for me to understand and i would greatly appreciate it.
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document.write( " How tutor @Theo solves the problem and explains the solution to you, this is absolutely irrelevant.\r
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document.write( " @Theo tries to solve an equation, which he invented on your own - the problem does not\r
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document.write( " requires you to solve any equation.\r
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document.write( " It only asks you to simplify this expression 3(2x-1) - (x-1).\r
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document.write( "To do it, you open parentheses according to the distributive rule, \r\n" );
document.write( "apply the rule of signs, group the like terms and then combine like terms.\r\n" );
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document.write( " 3*(2x-1) - (x-1) = 6x - 3 - x + 1 = (6x-x) -3 + 1 = 5x - 2. <<<---=== ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r
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document.write( "It is SO SIMPLE, that you rarely can find simpler assignment in Math.\r
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document.write( "You only need to know the basic rules of working with polynomial expressions.\r
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document.write( "What you are given and what you are intended to transform, is not \" an equation \".\r
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document.write( "It is \" an expression \", instead.\r
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document.write( "Many struggles of students begin from the fact that they do not know
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document.write( "and do not understand the difference between these two basic conceptions.\r
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