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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the sum of two and three times the difference of a number and five is equal to four times the differnce a number and one
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let number be x
\n" ); document.write( "3(x-5)+2 =4(x-1)
\n" ); document.write( "3x-15+2=4x-4
\n" ); document.write( "3x-13=4x-4
\n" ); document.write( "3x-4x=13-4
\n" ); document.write( "-x=9
\n" ); document.write( "divide by -1
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