document.write( "Question 316740: the product of twice a number and three is the same as the difference of five times the number and 3/4. find the number \n" ); document.write( "

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Let the number be N.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2N%2A3=5%2AN-3%2F4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by 4 to get rid of fractions.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"24N=20N-3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4N=-3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28N=-3%2F4%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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