document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=69963>Question 69963</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028253337/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you find the number to Twenty-nine is 13 added to 4 times a number? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #49883 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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=49883\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I think what you are asking is, \"If 4 times a number is added to 13, the result is 29.  What<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is the number?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can use x to represent the unknown number and then write this problem in equation form as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x+%2B+13+=+29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x+%2B+13+=+29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 13 from both sides of the equation to eliminate it from the left side of the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The result of this subtraction is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x+=+29-13+=+16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x+=+29-13+=+16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or just:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x+=+16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x+=+16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now divide both sides by 4 so that you just have x on the left side:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x%2F4+=+16%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x%2F4+=+16%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After this division the left side is just x and the right side is 4.  The answer is that the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "missing number is 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:  Does 29 = 13+(4*4).  It does because 13 + 4*4 = 13 + 16 = 29.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you see your way through this problem. </SPAN>\n" );
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