document.write( "Question 172345: 1 times a number plus -5 that will give me an answer of -3 \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x = the number\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1x -5 = -3
\n" ); document.write( "x-5+5 = -3+5
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