document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=156177>Question 156177</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I can not figure out how to do algebric word problems. Not one. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 2 is added to five times a number, the result is equal to 5 more than four times the number. find the number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = \"a number\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for what it says:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 2 = 4x + 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x - 4x = 5 - 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is that so hard? </SPAN>\n" );
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