document.write( "Question 785230: Four times the sum of three and a number is 3. What is the number?\r
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the sum of 2 numbers means your adding them, four times that will be...\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4(3+x)=3\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4 (3+x) =3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "12 + 4x = 3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "subtract 12 from both sides\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4x = -9\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by 4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = -2.25\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4 ( 3 + (-2.25)) = 3
\n" ); document.write( "4 (0.75) = 3
\n" ); document.write( "3 = 3
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