document.write( "Question 754996: IF you double a number and then add 16, you get 2/5 of the original number. What is the original number?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #459438 by josgarithmetic(39618)\"\" \"About 
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Either the description is a difficulty or the management of the numbers is a difficulty. I'll \"translate\" the wording into numbers and you tell me if you need more help with handling the numbers.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let the number be w.
\n" ); document.write( "\"2w%2B16=%282%2F5%29w\", but somehow the description seems strange.
\n" ); document.write( "The left side is \"double the number and add 16\".
\n" ); document.write( "The righthand side is \"you get 2/5 of the original number\".
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