document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=205215>Question 205215</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jill asks each of her classmates to choose a number, then multiply the number by –3, add 2 to the product, multiply the result by –2, and then subtract 14.  Finally, each student is asked to divide the result by 6 and record the answer.  When Jill gets an answer from a classmate, she just adds 3 to it in her head and announces the number each classmate originally chose.  How did Jill know to add 3 to each answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Pick a number:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by -3:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large -3x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 2: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large -3x + 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by -2: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large -2(-3x+2) = 6x - 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 14:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 6x - 4 - 14 = 6x - 18\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by 6:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{6x - 18}{6} = x - 3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 3 and you are back where you started.\r<BR>\n" );
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