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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sum\" means add. \"of\" means multiply. \"is\" means equals.\r
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represent the number. Then the sum of the number and seven means

. One third of the sum means one-third times the sum, so,

. Finally, all of that is seven which means:\r
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