document.write( "Question 892843: Five times a number is 49 greater than the product of 2 and the opposite of the number. What is the number?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5x=49%2B2%28-x%29\", the exact translation of the description into an equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"5x%2B2x=49-2x%2B2x\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"7x=49%2B0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"7x=49\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"7x%281%2F7%29=49%281%2F7%29\"
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