document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=663517>Question 663517</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me write this into an equaton: four times the difference of a number and one is equal to six times the sum of the numbber and three. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(x-1) = 6(x+3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-4 = 6x+18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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