document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=986051>Question 986051</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Five times a number decreased by minus 18 4 times the same number is -36. what is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "what is the number?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x - -184x = -36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "189x = -36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -0.19<BR>\n" );
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