document.write( "Question 266241: the sum of twice a number plus four times another number? how do you translate \n" ); document.write( "
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Don't let it all run together like oatmeal.
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\n" ); document.write( "The sum of
\n" ); document.write( "twice a number
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\n" ); document.write( "You have to have some letter
\n" ); document.write( "that stands for \"a number\"
\n" ); document.write( "Call it \"a\"
\n" ); document.write( "Twice is \"2a\"
\n" ); document.write( "So far I have \"2a\" +
\n" ); document.write( "Call the other number \"b\"
\n" ); document.write( "Four times \"b\" is \"4b\"
\n" ); document.write( "I now have
\n" ); document.write( "\"2a+%2B+4b\"\r
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