document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=388188>Question 388188</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> three times a number less four is 17. what is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "implies three times this number is 21 (17 plus four)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "hence the number is twenty-one divided by 3, which is 7.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Formula wise : let x be the searched number, then <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-4 = 17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x = 17+4 = 21<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 7 </SPAN>\n" );
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