document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=699244>Question 699244</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Triple a number, minus one is fifty.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Triple the difference of a number and one is fifty.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(I need the number form of those equations AND i need to know the difference between the equations and EXPLAIN. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = a number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n - 1 = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n = 51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Triple the difference of a number and one is fifty.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*(n - 1) = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n-1 = 50/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 53/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*(1 -n) = 50, both 1-n and n-1 fit.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*|n - 1| = 50 where |...| is absolute value<BR>\n" );
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