document.write( "Question 1050422: Sixteen more than four times a number is equal to the difference between eight and four times the number. Find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "let a number be \"x\"
\n" ); document.write( "Sixteen more than four times a number: \"4x%2B16\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " is equal to:=\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " the difference between eight and four times the number: \"8-4x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, we have \"4x%2B16=8-4x\"...solve for \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%2B4x%2B16=8-4x%2B4x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8x%2B16=8\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8x%2B16-16=8-16\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8x=-8\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=-8%2F8\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=-1\"\r
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