document.write( "Question 913232: One-fifth of a certain number is two more than one-sixth of the number. Find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "let's number be \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One-fifth of a number: \"%281%2F5%29x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "one-sixth of the number:\"+%281%2F6%29x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if one-fifth of a number is two more than one-sixth of the number, than we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F5%29x=%281%2F6%29x%2B2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F5%29x-%281%2F6%29x=2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2A6%2F5%2A6%29x-%281%2A5%2F6%2A5%29x=2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%286%2F30%29x-%285%2F30%29x=2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%286%2F30-5%2F30%29x=2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F30%29x=2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=2%2A30\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=60\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F5%29x=%281%2F5%2960=12\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F6%29x=%281%2F6%2960=10\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "true because \"12\" is \"2\" more than \"10\"\r
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