document.write( "Question 56707This question is from textbook
\n" ); document.write( ": Is this just ambiguous? Which translation do you consider correct? The text seems to think it's the 2nd since the answer given is -3. Why not the 1st one (follow order of operations, no punctuation in the sentence)?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If twice a number added to 3 is divided by the number plus 1 the result is 3/2.
\n" ); document.write( "(2x+3)/x + 1 = 3/2
\n" ); document.write( " or (2x+3)/(x+1) = 3/2
\n" ); document.write( " or 2(x+3)/x +1 = 3/2
\n" ); document.write( " or 2(x+3)/(x +1)= 3/2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Would this be a correct translation for the following?
\n" ); document.write( "If twice, a number added to 3 is divided by the number, plus 1 the result is 3/2
\n" ); document.write( "2(x+3)/x + 1 = 3/2\r
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If twice a number added to 3 is divided by the number plus 1 the result is 3/2.
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\n" ); document.write( "I agree these word statements are sometimes ambiguous.
\n" ); document.write( "You problem could just as well be the following:
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\n" ); document.write( "4x+6=3x+3
\n" ); document.write( "x=-3
\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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