document.write( "Question 1016650: nine less than half n is equal to one plus the product of -18 and n
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1/2n-9 = -18n+1 Add 18n on left and add 9 on right
\n" ); document.write( "18 1/2n = 10 Multiply both sides times 2
\n" ); document.write( "37n = 20
\n" ); document.write( "n = 20/37
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\n" ); document.write( "1/2(20/37)-9 = -18(20/37)+1
\n" ); document.write( "(20/2*37)-9 = (18*20/37)+1
\n" ); document.write( "-323/37 = -323/37 Divide 323/37, and you find that 37 goes 8 times into 323(ignore the decimals for a moment). Now, 8*37 = 296 and 323-296 = 27. What do we do with this 27? Simple, since 37 is too big to go into 27, the 27 stays where it's at, like this:
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\n" ); document.write( "-323/37 = -323/37
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\n" ); document.write( "-8 27/37 = -8 27/37
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