document.write( "Question 892820: A number was multiplied by -4 and drecreased by 6. If the final result was -34, what was the number?\r
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document.write( "Let the number be N
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document.write( "Then, - 4(N) - 6 = - 34
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document.write( "- 4N - 6 = - 34
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document.write( "- 4N = - 34 + 6
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document.write( "- 4N = - 28
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document.write( "N, or number = , or  \n" );
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