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glenda staton
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Posted - 02/25/2011 :  16:25:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
-14/3v=-32 what tells me to find the common factor instead of just dividing?
Edited by - glenda staton on 02/25/2011 16:37:23
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Ultraglide
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Posted - 02/27/2011 :  18:07:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Why would you be finding the common factor? Would you not be trying to solve for the unknown?
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Subhotosh Khan
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Posted - 02/27/2011 :  21:44:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by glenda staton

-14/3v=-32 what tells me to find the common factor instead of just dividing?


Eliminating common factor is a result of division.
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