document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=411663>Question 411663</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello I have huge problems with word problems. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The question is: The sum of three times a number and 7 more than the number is the same as the difference between -11 and twice the number. what is the number?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know the awnser should come up as -3 yet I keep on setting up the equation wrong \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I came up with the following different equations: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(n+7n)=2n-11  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n+7n=2n-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(n+7)=2n-11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #289310 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=emargo19><B>emargo19(101)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=emargo19><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=289310\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the number be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%2B%287%2Bx%29=-11-2x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%2B%287%2Bx%29=-11-2x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%2B7%2Bx=-11-2x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%2B7%2Bx=-11-2x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x=-18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x=-18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the number is -3 </SPAN>\n" );
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