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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If twice a number added to 3 is divided by the number plus 1 the result is 3/2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x+3)/x + 1 = 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( " or (2x+3)/(x+1) = 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( " or   2(x+3)/x +1 = 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( " or  2(x+3)/(x +1)= 3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would this be a correct translation for the following?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If twice, a number added to 3 is divided by the number, plus 1 the result is 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+3)/x + 1  = 3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2x+3)/x + 1 = 3/2 is translated: If twice the number added to three is divided by the number is added to 1 the result is 3/2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " (2x+3)/(x+1) = 3/2 is translated: If twice a number added to 3 is divided by the number plus 1 the result is 3/2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 2(x+3)/x +1 = 3/2 is translated: If twice the sum of a number and 3 is divided by the number and added to 1 the result is 3/2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 2(x+3)/(x +1)= 3/2 is translated: if twice the sum of a number and 3 is divided by the number plus 1 the result is 3/2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You're right, it is kind of ambiguous.  Even I'm a little mushy brained now.  I think that if they wanted you to add 1 to the fraction instead of making it part of the denominator, they would have used a conjunction like \"and\" or a comma as you suggested.<BR>\n" );
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