document.write( "Question 750010: Eight times a number is decreased by three times the same number, giving a difference of 20. What is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let's use x as the number:
\n" ); document.write( "8x-3x=20
\n" ); document.write( "Combine like terms:
\n" ); document.write( "5x=20
\n" ); document.write( "Divide by 5
\n" ); document.write( "x=4
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
\n" ); document.write( "RJ
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