document.write( "Question 706945: four times the sum of a number plus three is equal to fourteen times the difference of the number and two \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "let number be \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4\" times the \"sum+\"of a number \"x\" plus \"3\": \"4%28x%2B3%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "is \"equal\" to \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"14\" times the \"difference\" of the number \"x\" and \"2\":\"14%28x-2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4%28x%2B3%29=14%28x-2%29\"......now solve for \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%2B12=14x-28\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"28%2B12=14x-4x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"40=10x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"40%2F10=x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4=x\"\r
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