document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=672794>Question 672794</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> twenty-three less than 4 times a number is twenty-one.What is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "twenty-three less than 4 times a number is twenty-one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "twenty-three less means we will subtract 23 from 4 times a number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 times a number - 23=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-23=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add 23 to both sides <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by 4 to get x by itself<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check answer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-23=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(11)-23=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44-23=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21=21 </SPAN>\n" );
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