document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257663>Question 257663</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One less than certain positive number multiplied by three times this number less two is 14. Determine the number </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " multiplied by three times this number *3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( " less two  -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " is 14.    =14<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Determine the number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-1)*(3x-2)=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 x^2-5 x+2 = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-4/3 x=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3-1)(3*3-2)=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*7=14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4/3 is negative <BR>\n" );
document.write( "or <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-1)*(3x)-2=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "has no integer solutions </SPAN>\n" );
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