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document.write( "I'm in grade seven math and currently we are learning about algebra... I mostly understand the concept until we started with means. For example the teacher gave us a question with 5 negative and positive numbers and a x... He told us that x is the mean of those 5 numbers but he wants us to figure it out using an algebraic equation. I am stumped on how to do this because how are we to find x if we do not have both sides of the question and how are we to create a equation if we do not know what x is...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-Anna   </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #584580 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=584580\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Translate from description in English language about numbers into a number sentence with numbers, including variables.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mean usually means \"AVERAGE\".  You have a list of numbers and you want their average, and you want the average to be x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You also know that your list of numbers has five items, so<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If one of the items in your list is actually also x, then you have the same general statement, but now, the sum will INCLUDE x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and you know what list you have, and you can decide how to isolate and find x. </SPAN>\n" );
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