document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=733647>Question 733647</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if 4 is added to a number and the sum is tripled the result is 28 more than the number. find the number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "if 4 is added to a number and the sum is tripled the result is 28 more than the number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 is added to the number and the sum is tripled<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 * ( n + 4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 * ( n + 4) = n + 28\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3n + 12 = n + 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n - n = 28 -12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2n = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n =8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number is 8 </SPAN>\n" );
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