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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( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+(x+7) = -11-2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 7 = -11-2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = -18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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