document.write( "Question 215608: I am in remedial math and a word problem on my math test that I am not sure what the answer was and it was a word problem and I thought I read it right and worked it out but did not make sense. Can you help me. The question was the difference between a number and 9 is the same as 35 less than the number. I could not find the number. Could you help me.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #162904 by RAY100(1637)\"\" \"About 
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When we do a word problem,,we are looking for two things
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) the operations required(add, subtract, multiply,,divide,etc...)
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) the number to use,,,,(often we use simpler numbers to define the operation,then substitute the \"real\" numbers.
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\n" ); document.write( "Key words in this problem include,,,\"is the same as\" or equals (=)
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\n" ); document.write( "\"difference\" or subtraction(-)
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = number
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\n" ); document.write( "Now just write the sentence
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\n" ); document.write( "x-9 = 35 -x,,,,,,,add x,,, add 9,,,to both sides
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\n" ); document.write( "2x = 44,,,,,,divide by 2
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\n" ); document.write( "x=22
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\n" ); document.write( "check,,22-9 =35-22 = 13,,,,ok
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