document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=879752>Question 879752</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How to solve:  four times the sum of three times a number and -6 is 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(3x-6)=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 12x-24 =12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 24 on both sides of the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x -24+24= 12+24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide 12 on both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x/12 =36/12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore x=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check the solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(3(3)-6)=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(9-6)=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(3)=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12=12 </SPAN>\n" );
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