document.write( "Question 172265: Translate \"the difference between nine and sixteen times a number is equal to one less than twenty-four times a number\" into an equation and solve. \n" ); document.write( "

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lets call the number n
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\n" ); document.write( "9-16n=24n-1
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\n" ); document.write( "40n=10
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