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document.write( "Two decreased by half of a number is 1/4 of the number
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document.write( "    |Multiplying thru by 4 so as all denominators = 1
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document.write( "   8 - 2x = x
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document.write( "     8 = 3x
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document.write( "     8/3 = x
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