document.write( "Question 988033: Laura is thinking of a number such that the sum of the number and five times two more than the number is 26 more than four times the number. Determine the number Laura is thinking of.\r
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Laura is thinking of a number such that the sum of the number and five times two more than the number is 26 more than four times the number.
\n" ); document.write( " Determine the number Laura is thinking of.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let n = \"the number\"
\n" ); document.write( "write an equation for exactly what it says
\n" ); document.write( "n + 5(n+2) = 4n + 26
\n" ); document.write( "n + 5n + 10 = 4n + 26
\n" ); document.write( "combine like terms
\n" ); document.write( "6n - 4n = 26 - 10
\n" ); document.write( "2n = 16
\n" ); document.write( "n = 16/2
\n" ); document.write( "n = 8 is the number
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this in the original statement
\n" ); document.write( "8 + 5(8+2) = 4(8) + 26
\n" ); document.write( "8 + 5(10) = 32 + 26
\n" ); document.write( "8 + 50 = 58\r
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