document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=273041>Question 273041</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if 2 is subtracted from a number and this difference is tripled, the result is 6 more than  the number. finf the nunber<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " the result is 6 more than the number. find the number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = \"a number\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(x - 2) = x + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 6 = x + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - x = 6 + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6 is the number<BR>\n" );
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