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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this problem. The sum of three times a number and 7 more than the number is the same as the difference between -11 and twice the number. What is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the number we are searching for.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 7 = 2x - 11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 2x = -7 - 11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -18\r<BR>\n" );
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