document.write( "Question 310171: The sum of three times a number and 7 more than the number is the same as the difference between -11 and twice the number. What is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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\"The sum of three times a number and 7 more than the number is the same as the difference between -11 and twice the number.\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Sum: adding
\n" ); document.write( "three times a number:3n
\n" ); document.write( "seven more than the number:7+n
\n" ); document.write( "is the same as:=
\n" ); document.write( "difference: subtraction
\n" ); document.write( "-11 and twice the number: -11-2n
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\n" ); document.write( "::putting them in equation form::
\n" ); document.write( "\"3n%2B%287%2Bn%29=%28-11-2n%29\"add like terms
\n" ); document.write( "\"4n%2B7=-11-2n\"add 2n
\n" ); document.write( "\"6n%2B7=-11\" minus 7
\n" ); document.write( "\"6n=-18\"divide by 6
\n" ); document.write( "\"n=-3\"\r
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