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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can someone please help me, I have tried to answer these problem and since I have been out of school for 15 years I lost.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  Make a conjecture about the relationship between the original number and the final number in the following process.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	Pick a number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Multiply the number by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Add 10 to the product<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Divide the sum by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Subtract 1 from the quotient\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the answer I got but I think it wrong<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pick a number: let X be number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Multiply the number by: 5*X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Add 10 to the product: 5*X + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Divide the sum by 5: I get 1*X +10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Subtract 5 from the quotient: I get 1*X+5 so the original number X and the output is 1*X+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Estimate:  0.5162 + 9.436 + 350.12 + 800. 25 + 25.78 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 1186\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.Estimate:  3004 x 5982 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My Answer: estimation 18000000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4. Estimate the area of the rectangle in square units. Each square represents 1 square unit. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I do not know how to answer this question\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sammie </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #155609 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=155609\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> # 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll follow your work and make notes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pick a number: let X be number .... correct. note: usually, variables are in lower case, but that's ok.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the number by: 5*X .... good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 10 to the product: 5*X + 10 ... good\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide the sum by 5: I get 1*X +10 .... incorrect. you forgot to divide 10 by 5 to get 2. So you should have X + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, you forgot to subtract 1 from X+2 to get (X+2)-1=X+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the final result is the original number X plus 1. In other words, the result is simply the next integer.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ex: Pick a random number (say 12)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by 5: 12*5=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 10: 60+10=70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 5: 70/5=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 1: 14-1=13\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So picking the original number 12 results in the answer of 13 (which is 1 more). Go ahead and pick any other number and test it yourself.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Correct. Good Job\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Correct again. Good Job\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have no idea either since I'm missing either the problem itself or the picture that you're looking at. So you need to include more info. </SPAN>\n" );
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