document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=17321>Question 17321</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help me solve for X using the following question;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5x-1 = 6(x+9)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I got -5 -1 = 6x + 54 and I get lost from here... </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "FIRST YOU DO THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5x-1 = 6(x+9)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5x-1 = 6X + 54\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOW YOU JOIN THE LIKE TERMS TOGETHER\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5x-1 = 6X + 54          bEfOrE<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5X + 6X = 54 - 1        AfTeR\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOW SOLVE\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X = 53\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "JUST A REMINDER : 1 AND X ARE THE SAME THING. SO 6 - 5 = 1 OR X. THIS HELPS YOU GET TO THE ANSWER QUICKER.\r<BR>\n" );
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