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document.write( "\"8 more than three times a number\" is 3x + 8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"6 less than the number\" is x - 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 8 = x - 6.\r\n" );
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