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document.write( "Please help me simplify the equation 1/2(3a+1) - 1/3(a-5). I can not make heads or tails out of putting likes togehter, removing parenthesis. As you can tell, algebra is my nightmare course! Please help me! Thank you!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(3a+1)/2-(a-5)/3 combine these fractions by finding a common denominator (6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[3(3a+1)-2(a-5)]/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(9a+3-2a+10)/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(7a+13)/6 answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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