document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=437588>Question 437588</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the equation and solve:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "three times a number subtracted from eight is 35 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "we first need to know where is our variable is in this equation we are going to make. It is bascilly \"a number\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So breaking down the word equation into parts:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "three times a number- 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtracted from eight- -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 35- =35\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-8=25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve equation by adding 8 to both sides then dividing by 3 and x=11 </SPAN>\n" );
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