document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=415808>Question 415808</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> here is what my math problem says, if four times a number is added to 8, the result is three times the number added to 5. what is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From: \"four times a number is added to 8\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we get the left side of the equation 4x+8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From: \"three times the number added to 5\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we get the right side of the equation: 3x+5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x + 8 = 3x + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtracting 3x from both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 8 = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtracting 8 from both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -3<BR>\n" );
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