document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=781147>Question 781147</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the product of five and a number decreased by 18 minus 4 times the same number is equal to -36. What is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #475799 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=475799\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A number, c.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5c-18....?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(c-18...)...?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your description is ambiguous.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your phrasing might intend, 5c-18-4c; or the phrasing might intend being, 5(c-18-4c); or it might mean, 5(c-18)-4c, or maybe it was intended to mean something else.  Too many possibilities.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "State the description precisely and the problem can be translated into clear symbolism. </SPAN>\n" );
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