document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=457499>Question 457499</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> five times a number, subtracted from eighteen, is triple the number find the number </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 - 5x = 3x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x = 2.25 </SPAN>\n" );
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