document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=220214>Question 220214</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Okay. Heres a question I absolutely do NOT get.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If a certain number is decreased by 8 and that difference is multiplied by 8, the result is equal to the result obtained if the number is decreased by 6 and that difference is multiplied by 6. Find the numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In my opinion this is a make-believe question :(<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Help please. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm not certain what you mean by a 'make-believe' question.  Virtually every mathematics word problem is a contrivance of some sort to illustrate one or more mathematical concepts.  This one is no exception.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the number.  The number decreased by 8 is then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x - 8\"> which expression is the difference.  Multiplying this difference by 8 gives us: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 8(x -8)\">.  Likewise 6 times the difference of the number and 6 is: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 6(x - 6)\">.  We are given that these two quantities are equal so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8(x-8)=6(x-6)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All you need to do now is solve the equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\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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