document.write( "Question 517105: 17 is four less than 8 times a number. find the number........I am thinking this must be a mistake....my daughter is in 7th grade and doing simple equations....all the rest of her homework answers were whole numbers \n" ); document.write( "

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Let $\"n\"$ be the number
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+17+=+8n+-+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Add $\"4\"$ to both sides
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+8n+=+17+%2B+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+8n+=+21+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+n+=+21%2F8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Maybe they decided to throw in a fraction,
\n" ); document.write( "or it is a misprint \n" ); document.write( "

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