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document.write( "The English statement is ambiguous. How do I write another English statement that leads correctly to more than one algebraic equation. or what examples can I use? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3(x+7)+5=20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The English statement is ambiguous. How do I write another English statement that leads correctly to more than one algebraic equation. or what examples can I use?.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Add three and four divided by a number is the same as four times the number.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is (3+4)/x = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or it is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3+4/x =4x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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