document.write( "Question 359154: Find a number such that 8 times the number of 36 greater than the opposite of the number. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Let x be the number
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document.write( "writing as question reads
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document.write( "8x = -x + 36
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document.write( "9x = 36
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document.write( "x = 4
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document.write( "8*4 = -4 + 36 = 32
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