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cannot figure out how to do this with negatives...
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document.write( "Get rid of that negative sign on the left by using this rule:\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can change the sign of EVERY TERM on both sides of an\r\n" );
document.write( "equation and the resulting equation will be equivalent:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we change the sign on the left to positive and we\r\n" );
document.write( "change the sign on the right side to negative.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the 3's and 4's on the left.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Reduce the fraction on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To check, it is easier to write  as a decimal \r\n" );
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document.write( "The negatives cancel on the left.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide the left side:\r\n" );
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