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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Four times the sum of a number and six is the same as the difference of ten and three times the number. Find the number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <i>x</i> be the number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of the number and six:  <i>x</i> + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Four times the sum of the number and six:  4(<i>x</i> + 6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is the same as: =\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the difference of ten and three times the number:  10 - 3<i>x</i>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put it all together:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  4(x + 6) = 10 - 3x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <i>x</i> and you have your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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