document.write( "Question 789557: Please help me solve this \"twice the difference between a number and 10 is three times the sum of the number and 1\" \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"n\"$ = the number
\n" ); document.write( " $\"n-10\"$ = the difference between a number and 10 ( according to a common interpretation)
\n" ); document.write( " $\"n%2B1\"$ = the sum of the number and 1
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\n" ); document.write( "The way I read the problem, what it says in words translates as
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%28n-10%29=3%28n%2B1%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Solving:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%28n-10%29=3%28n%2B1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2n-2%2A10=3n%2B3%2A1\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2n-20=3n%2B3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2n-20-3=3n\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2n-23=3n\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-23=3n-2n\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-23=n\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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