document.write( "Question 904046: A product of some negative number and 4 less than twice that number is 336. Find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
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\"n%3C0\";
\n" ); document.write( "\"n%28-4%2B2n%29=336\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"n%282n-4%29=336\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2An%28n-2%29=336\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"n%28n-2%29=168\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"n%5E2-2n-168=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "168=6*28=2*3*4*7=12*14\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The quadratic member is factorable.
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28n%2B12%29%28n-14%29=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We want the negative number as specified in the description, so \"highlight%28n=-12%29\".
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