document.write( "Question 365085: 1) Eight times the sum of a number and -2 is the same as nine times the numbers. Find the number\r
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document.write( "Hi, 
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document.write( "*Note;  Key here is to write as we read after naming the variable
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document.write( "1) Let x represent the number
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document.write( "8(x-2) = 9x  
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document.write( "2)Let x represent the number
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document.write( "2(x-7) = 5x + 1   
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document.write( "3)Let x represent the number
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document.write( "2[x +(-3)] = x/2  \r
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document.write( "solve the above for x and check your answer \n" );
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