document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=845652>Question 845652</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm not for sure how to set this problem up.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The product of 6 times a number and fifteen is forty-two.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #509404 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</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=509404\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Just translate directly into symbols.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let n be \"a number\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "... the only real problem is the ambiguity in your description.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The imprecise language does not distinguish between (6n)+15 and 6(n+15).  Where is the boundary of the \"and\"?  Does the description want to mean, 6*n*15?  That is, product of 6, n, and 15?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not really a good exercise problem because it is not precise. </SPAN>\n" );
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