document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=802240>Question 802240</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 16 less than four times a number is 64, what is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "four times a number = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16 less than four times a number = 4x - 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x - 16 = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Keeping constants on one side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 64 +16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 80/4 = 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number is 20 </SPAN>\n" );
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