document.write( "Question 306903: 7 more than 2 times a number is equal to 5 times the number decreased by 0.2. What is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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2x+7=5x-.2
\n" ); document.write( "2x-5x=-.2-7
\n" ); document.write( "-3x=-7.2
\n" ); document.write( "x=-7.2/-3
\n" ); document.write( "x=2.4 ans.
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\n" ); document.write( "2*2.4+7=5*2.4-.2
\n" ); document.write( "4.8+7=12-.2
\n" ); document.write( "11.8=11.8\r
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