document.write( "Question 977221: Three more than one half a number is the same as 17 minus three times the number \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "let' number be \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "three more than one half a number is \"x%2F2%2B3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the same as: equal to\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+17\" minus three times the number: \"17-3x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, you have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2F2%2B3=17-3x\".......solve for \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2F2%2B3x=17-3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2F2%2B6x%2F2=14\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"7x%2F2=14\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"7x=14%2A2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%2814%2A2%29%2F7\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%28cross%2814%292%2A2%29%2Fcross%287%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=2%2A2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=4\"
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