document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=983641>Question 983641</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The difference of three times a number and half the number is 60. What is the number form of this problem.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number be \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Three times the number=3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Half of the number = x/2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From the first sentence,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The difference between three times a nember and half of the number is 60,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i.e,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 3x-(x/2)=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply out by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x-x=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide bothsides by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x/5=120/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number is 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HOPE THIS HELPS;...<BR>\n" );
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