document.write( "Question 314916: If 18 is decreased by the sum of a number and 6, the result is 4 less than 3 times the number, what is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by the sum of a number and 6, the result is 4 less than 3 times the number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's do some coloring:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by the sum of a number and 6, the result is 4 less than 3 times the number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's replace the words \"a number and the number by x. Then we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by the sum of x and 6, the result is 4 less than 3 times x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's do some coloring:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by the sum of x and 6, the result is 4 less than 3 times x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next let's replace the words the sum of x and 6 by (x+6) \r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by (x+6), the result is 4 less than 3 times x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's do some coloring:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by (x+6), the result is 4 less than 3 times x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next let's replace 3 times x by 3x\r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by (x+6), the result is 4 less than 3x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's do some coloring:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by (x+6), the result is 4 less than 3x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get 4 less than 3x, we have to start by putting down 3x and then we make\r\n" );
document.write( "it 4 less by subtracting 4 from it, so we have 3x-4.  So let's replace 4 less than 3x by 3x-4:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by (x+6), the result is 3x-4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's delete some unnecessary words:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If 18 is decreased by (x+6), the result is 3x-4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "And we have the same thing which is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "18 decreased by (x+6) is 3x-4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's do some coloring:\r\n" );
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document.write( "18 decreased by (x+6) is 3x-4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The get that, we start with 18 and then to decrease it by (x+6) we\r\n" );
document.write( "subtract (x+6) from the 18 and get 18-(x+6).  So we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "18-(x+6) is 3x-4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we do some coloring:\r\n" );
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document.write( "18-(x+6) is 3x-4\r\n" );
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document.write( "And replace the word \"is\" by an equal sign and we end up with the\r\n" );
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document.write( "18-(x-6) = 3x-4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you solve that? If not post again asking how.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: x = 7 \r\n" );
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