document.write( "Question 239420: What is five divided by the sum of a number and 3, minus the quotient of 3 and the difference of the number and 3 is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of the number squared and 9. What is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "five divided by the sum of a number and 3, minus the quotient of 3 and the difference of the number and 3 is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of the number squared and 9.
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document.write( "Replace \"the sum of x and 3\" by \"x+3\"\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "five divided by x+3, minus the quotient of 3 and the difference of x and 3 is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of x squared and 9.

\n" ); document.write( "five divided by x+3, minus the quotient of 3 and the difference of x and 3 is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of x squared and 9.
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document.write( "Replace \"the difference of x and 3\" by \"x-3\":\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "five divided by x+3, minus the quotient of 3 and x-3 is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of x squared and 9.
\n" ); document.write( "five divided by x+3, minus the quotient of 3 and x-3 is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of x squared and 9.
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document.write( "Replace \"five divided by x+3\" by \"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\":\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\" minus the quotient of 3 and x-3 is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of x squared and 9.\r
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document.write( "Replace \"the quotient of 3 and x-3\" by \"3%2F%28x-3%29\"\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\" minus \"3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of x squared and 9.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\" minus \"3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of x squared and 9.
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document.write( "Replace \"x squared\" by \"x%5E2\"\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\" minus \"3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of \"x%5E2\" and 9.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\" minus \"3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of the difference of \"red%28x%5E2%29\" and 9.
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document.write( "Replace \"the difference of \"x%5E2\" and 9\" by \"x%5E2-9\"\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\" minus \"3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of \"x%5E2-9\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\" minus \"3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times the reciprocal of \"red%28x%5E2-9%29\".
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document.write( "Replace \"the reciprocal of \"x%5E2-9\"\" by \"1%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\"\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29\" minus \"3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times \"1%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"red%285%2F%28x%2B3%29%29\" minus \"red%283%2F%28x-3%29%29\" is equal to 6 times \"1%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\".
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document.write( "Replace \"5%2F%28x%2B3%29-3%2F%28x-3%29\" by \"5%2F%28x%2B3%29-3%2F%28x-3%29\"\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29-3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times \"1%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29-3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to 6 times \"red%281%2F%28x%5E2-9%29%29\".
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document.write( "Replace \"6 times \"1%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\" by \"6%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29-3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to \"6%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29-3%2F%28x-3%29\" is equal to \"6%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace \"is equal to\" by \" = \":\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"5%2F%28x%2B3%29-3%2F%28x-3%29+=+6%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\"
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document.write( "Can you solve that?  If not post again asking how.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer = 15\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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