document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=11898>Question 11898</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the algebraic expression that corresponds to five times the sum of a number and the opposite of 12. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First of all the word \"sum\" tells you it is an addition problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = a number; the opposite of 12  is -12:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so we have x+12; then we want to multiply that by 5:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(x+12)<BR>\n" );
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