document.write( "Question 250252: Twice the sum of a number and eight, equals three times the sum of the number and four. Find the number?
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Let n = \"the number\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Twice the sum of a number and eight, equals three times the sum of the number and four.
\n" ); document.write( "2(n + 8) = 3(n + 4)
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\n" ); document.write( "2n + 16 = 3n + 12
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\n" ); document.write( "16 - 12 = 3n - 2n
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\n" ); document.write( "4 = n
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\n" ); document.write( "the number is 4:
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this by replacing n with 4 in the original equation:
\n" ); document.write( "2(4 + 8) = 3(4 + 4)
\n" ); document.write( "2(12) = 3(8)
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