document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=336498>Question 336498</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Vicky is thinking of a number. Twice the number increased by 1 is 5 less than 3 times the number. What is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x be the number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+1=3x-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 2x from both sides and add 5:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go, she's thinking 3. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ <BR>\n" );
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