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Algebra.Com's Answer #471372 by Edwin McCravy(20055) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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'Multiplying a certain even number by 4 then
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document.write( "We will replace the italicized words a certain \r\n" );
document.write( "even number\"  with the letter n.  And we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We will replace the italicized words with n+2, \r\n" );
document.write( "because you have to add 2 to an even number to get \r\n" );
document.write( "the next even number.  And now we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We will replace the italicized words by - 16\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally we replace the italicized words by\r\n" );
document.write( "an equal sign, \" = \", and we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "4n - 16 = n+2     <--- tada! an equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get n = 6\r\n" );
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