document.write( "Question 201935: Make a conjecture about the relationship between the original number and the final number in the following process.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Pick a number
\n" ); document.write( " Multiply the number by 5
\n" ); document.write( " Add 10 to the product
\n" ); document.write( " Divide the sum by 5
\n" ); document.write( " Subtract 1 from the quotient
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Applying a little basic algebra to this problem will show that the final number is one more than the original number.
\n" ); document.write( "Let n = the original number, then...
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