document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=121857>Question 121857</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (3x+6) + (2x-11)= 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the step by step procedure for solving </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #89458 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jecegc><B>jecegc(3)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jecegc><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=89458\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Well you really dont need the parentheses because there are no multiplication attached to the () so lets remove them for simplicity's sake\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 6 + 2x - 11 = 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1:  Combine like terms (for those not familiar in like terms, a like term is where the letters are the same (x is different from y,) and the same exponent ( and x is different from x^2,)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3x + 2x = 5x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6 - 11 = -5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so your left with this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x - 5 = 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2: Solve for variable<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when solving for one variable you have to move everything else away.  First I move the -5 by adding 5 to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 95<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then you have to divide by 5 because how do you get rid of something that is being multiplied <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (I know you can divide) </SPAN>\n" );
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