document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=335592>Question 335592</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Twice a number is 16 greater than two times the opposite of the number. What is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then its opposite is \"-x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Inequality:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x > 2(-x)+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x > -2x+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x> 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x > 16/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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