document.write( "Question 235256: if the product of 4 and a number is diminished by12 then the result is twice the opposite of the number. let m represent the number. what is the number? \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the number. The product of the number and 4:

. Diminished by 12:

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. Twice the opposite of the number:

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