document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=922637>Question 922637</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the difference between eight times a number and 7 more than 2 times the number </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eight times a number can be expressed as 8n, where n is the number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Similarly, two times a number can be expressed as 2n.  7 more than that is expresed as 2n+7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Difference means subtracting one from the other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8n minus 2n+7 means, first, subtracting 2n from 8n, leaving 6n.  Then we subtract 7 (from the 2n+7), but having no number to subtract the 7 from, we can only say -7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, we have 6n-7 as our answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Expressed as an equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8n - (2n+7) = 6n-7 </SPAN>\n" );
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