document.write( "Question 524094: three is twenty-one divided by the sum of a number and five \n" ); document.write( "
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three is twenty-one divided by the sum of a number and five
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = the number
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\n" ); document.write( "3 = 21/(x+5)
\n" ); document.write( "3(x+5) = 21
\n" ); document.write( "3x+15 = 21
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 6
\n" ); document.write( "x = 2
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