document.write( "Question 972457: When four-sevenths of a number is subtracted from the number, the result is two less than one-half of that number. Find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
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When four-sevenths of a number is subtracted from the number,
\n" ); document.write( " the result is two less than one-half of that number.
\n" ); document.write( " Find the number.
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\n" ); document.write( "let n = the number
\n" ); document.write( "write an equation for what it says
\n" ); document.write( "n - \"4%2F7\"n = \"1%2F2\"n - 2
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\n" ); document.write( "\"7%2F7\"n - \"4%2F7\"n = \"1%2F2\"n - 2
\n" ); document.write( " \"3%2F7\"n = \"1%2F2\"n - 2
\n" ); document.write( "multiply equation 14, cancel the denominators
\n" ); document.write( "2(3n) = 7n - 14(2)
\n" ); document.write( "6n = 7n - 28
\n" ); document.write( "28 = 7n - 7n
\n" ); document.write( "n = 28
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\n" ); document.write( "You can confirm this solution in the original equation
\n" ); document.write( "28 - \"4%2F7\"(28) = \"1%2F2\"(28) - 2 \n" ); document.write( "
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