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Expressions and Equations: Solving Linear Equations
Solving Equations with Parentheses
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Solving Equations with Parentheses
Introduction
Some two-step equations include parentheses that group a variable expression with a constant. Solving these requires first removing the parentheses by dividing, then...
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Transcript
Your mom prepares cookie gift boxes, one for each of your 3 friends. Before you leave, she adds 2 extra cookies to each box, bringing the total to 15. Now, you wonder how many cookies each box had before the extra cookies were added.
Let x represent the number of cookies originally in each box. Since each box now has x+2 cookies, and there...
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