document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=165045>Question 165045</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many minutes is it before 12 noon if fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past 9 a.m.? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #121666 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=121666\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'll say it is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes before 12 noon<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50 minutes ago, it was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50+%2B+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50+%2B+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes before noon<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50+%2B+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50+%2B+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes before noon, it was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "minutes past 9 AM<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Between 9AM and noon, there are 180 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes past 9AM is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=180+-+4x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"180+-+4x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes <BR>\n" );
document.write( "before noon, and also equals <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50+%2B+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50+%2B+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50+%2B+x+=+180+-+4x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50+%2B+x+=+180+-+4x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x+=+130 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x+=+130\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is 26 minutes before noon<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "34 minutes ago, it was 11 AM<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50 minutes ago, it was 16 minutes before 11 AM<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is given that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2A26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2A26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes past 9AM is this time also<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2A26+=+104 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2A26+=+104\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 minutes past 9AM is 10 AM<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44 minutes past 10 AM is 16 min before 11 AM<BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK </SPAN>\n" );
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