document.write( "Question 178306This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra
\n" ); document.write( ": Twice the sum of a number and 3 is the same as five times the number minus 1 minus four times the number. Find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Twice the sum of a number and 3 is the same as five times the number minus 1
\n" ); document.write( "minus four times the number.
\n" ); document.write( "2x + 3 = 5x - 1 - 4x
\n" ); document.write( "2x + 3 = x - 1
\n" ); document.write( "2x - x = -1 -3
\n" ); document.write( "x = -4
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\n" ); document.write( "2(-4) + 3 = 5(-4) - 1 - 4(-4)
\n" ); document.write( "-8 + 3 = -20 - 1 + 16
\n" ); document.write( "-5 = -5\r
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