document.write( "Question 562289: Two sevenths of a number is eighteen fifty-sixths. Find the number \n" ); document.write( "
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Two sevenths of a number is eighteen fifty-sixths. Find the number
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\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2F7\"n = \"18%2F56\"
\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides by 7
\n" ); document.write( "7*\"2%2F7\"n = 7*\"18%2F56\"
\n" ); document.write( "2n = \"18%2F8\"
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by 8
\n" ); document.write( "8(2n) = 18
\n" ); document.write( "16n = 18
\n" ); document.write( "n = \"18%2F16\" reduces to \"9%2F8\"
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