document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=974993>Question 974993</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would I write, Three times the sum of half a natural number and twice the number before it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think it might be   3(n/2+2(n+1))    I'm just not sure. n/2 is a fraction by the way, n over 2. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #596811 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=596811\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> n = some unknown natural number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n/2 = half of that natural number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n-1 = number right before the unknown natural number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*(n-1) = twice the number before the natural number n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So you should have this instead <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A%28n%2F2%2B2%2A%28n-1%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A%28n%2F2%2B2%2A%28n-1%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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