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document.write( "Three times the sum of some number plus 3 is equal to 7 times the number minus 23..I thought it was  3n+3=7n-23 but its not...thanks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Three times the sum of some number plus 3 is equal to 7 times the number minus 23..I thought it was 3n+3=7n-23 but its not...thanks<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It must mean 3 times (n+3).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(n+3) = 7n-23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n+9 = 7n-23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> n = 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's the lack of parentheses in the statement.<BR>\n" );
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