document.write( "Question 57495: ok im really confused about the whole thing. i failed algebra last year now im trying to do it again this year but i dont get the word problems at all. for example \"If I take a fourh of a number away from half the number, I get 10. What is the number?\" \n" ); document.write( "
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1/2n - 1/4n = 10
\n" ); document.write( "2/4n - 1/4n = 10
\n" ); document.write( "1/4n = 10
\n" ); document.write( "4(1/4n) = 4(10)
\n" ); document.write( "n = 40
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