document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=161281>Question 161281</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve Three times a number increased by 44 is the same as the opposite of the number. Find the number. What is the opposite of a number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+-11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+-11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so 3* (-11) + 44 = -33+44 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   which is the 'opposite\" of (-11) </SPAN>\n" );
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