document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=396564>Question 396564</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A student was thinking of three consecutive numbers. He said that the sum of the first and the second was the same as the third number increased by 9. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have so far. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+x+1) = (x+2)+ 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2x+2=x+11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+2=x+11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+2=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Should be just\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x+%2B+1+=+x+%2B+11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x+%2B+1+=+x+%2B+11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, so 10, 11, 12 are the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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