document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=567448>Question 567448</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> five times the difference of twice a number and ten is negative twenty. find the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5(2x - 10) = -20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x - 50 = -20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = -20 + 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x/10 = 30/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3 </SPAN>\n" );
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