document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=72059>Question 72059</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of n and three subtracted from twelve times n is the same as negative eleven plus the product of 2 and the difference of n and five. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "12n-(n+3)=-11+2(n-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12n-n-3 = -11+2n-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11n-3 = 2n-21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9n = -18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n=-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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