document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=957638>Question 957638</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I decrease a certain number by two fifths of itself, and it becomes one more than half its original value. What is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x - (2/5)x = (x/2)+1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3/5)x - (1/2)x = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(6+5)/10x = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(11/10)x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10/11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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