document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=745887>Question 745887</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When 122 is decreased by five times a number, the result is equal to the number increased by 20. What is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let n = the number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "122-5n = n+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "122 = 6n+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "102 = 6n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "102/6 = n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17 = n<BR>\n" );
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