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document.write( "The difference between a number, n, and thirty-one can be n-31 or 31-n.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The absolute value, |n-31|, covers both.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2|n-31| = 3n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2n-62 = 3n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = -62<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(31-n) = 3n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "62 - 2n = 3n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5n = 62<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 12.4<BR>\n" );
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