document.write( "Question 777088: I just need to translate it but I don't understand it. Can you help me understand it?
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document.write( "1. Replace the words \"a number\" by x\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. Replace the words \"twice x\" by 2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. Replace the words \"is decreased by\" by a minus sign:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "if 2x-5 and that result is multiplied by 4, the result is 36
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document.write( "4. Delete the words \"and that result\" (for we already have that result 2x-5).\r\n" );
document.write( "Put parentheses around (2x-5)\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "if (2x-5) is multiplied by 4, the result is 36
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document.write( "5. Delete \"If\" and \"is multiplied by\", and move the 4 in front of the (2x-5)\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "4(2x-5), the result is 36
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document.write( "6. Replace the words \"the result is\" with an equal sign \" = \". Delete the comma.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "4(2x-5) = 36
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document.write( "7. It's translated. You finish it.\r\n" );
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