document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=275451>Question 275451</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> translate the following into an algebraic expression and find the number.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"the sum of five times a number and 11 is four less than the product of eight and the number.\" </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "five times the number = 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"and 11\" means add 11 to 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 5x+11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "product of 8 and the number = 8*x=8x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 less<BR>\n" );
document.write( "means 8x-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They are equal\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+11=8x-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x-8x=-4-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x=-15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= -15/-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=5 </SPAN>\n" );
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