document.write( "Question 184788: Connect English with Mathematics
\n" ); document.write( "1. Translate each sentence into an equation. Tell how you are assigning the two variables in each.
\n" ); document.write( "c) Twice a number, decreased by nine, is half the same number, increased by six.
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2X-9=(X/2)+6
\n" ); document.write( "2X-X/2=6+9
\n" ); document.write( "(2X*2-X)/2=15
\n" ); document.write( "(4X-X)/2=15
\n" ); document.write( "3X/2=15
\n" ); document.write( "3X=15*2
\n" ); document.write( "3X=30
\n" ); document.write( "X=30/3
\n" ); document.write( "X=10 ANS.
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\n" ); document.write( "2*10-9=10/2+6
\n" ); document.write( "20-9=5+6
\n" ); document.write( "11=11\r
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