document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=284107>Question 284107</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if 4 is added to twice a number and the sum is multiplied by 2, the result is the same as if the number is multiplied by 3 and 4 is added to the product. what is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "4 is added to twice a number = 2x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 is added to three times a number = 3x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 4 = y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 4 = y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By the transitive property...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 4 = 3x + 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0 = x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer  is x = 0.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Any number times 0 = 0, so that's logically the only possible answer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Done </SPAN>\n" );
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