document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=993400>Question 993400</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1) Twice a number increased by 12 is equal 31 less then three times the number. Find the number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) 8-2 times a number is equal to the number plus 17. Find the number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3) The perimeter of a rectangle is 24in. Find the dimensions if its length is 3in greater than its width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4) 1/5th of a number plus 5 times that number is equal to seven times the number less 18. Find the number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5) The perimeter of a rectangle is 12. The lenght is 2 more than twice its width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+12=3x-31<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43=x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8-2x=x+17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-9=3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3=x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W=width; L=length=W+3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P=2(L+W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24=2((W+3)+W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12=2W+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5=W ANSWER 1: The width is 4.5 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=W+3=4.5+3=7.5 ANSWER 2: The length is 7.5 inches.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=2(L+W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24in=2(7.5in+4.5in)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24in=2(12in)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24in=24in<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/5+5x=7x-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/5+25x/5=7x-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26x/5=7x-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.2x=7x-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18=1.8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: The number is 10.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/5+5x=7x-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(10/5)+5(10)=7(10)-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2+50=70-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "52=52<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE LIMIT TO ONE QUESTION PER POST.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Otherwise, it seems like you are just dumping your<BR>\n" );
document.write( "homework here without trying.  \r<BR>\n" );
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