document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1056976>Question 1056976</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of four times a number and 4 more is the same as the difference between -31 and twice the number. What is that number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=the number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x+4   (sum of four times a number and 4 more)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-31-2x (difference between -31 and twice the number)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Set the above two things equal to each other (\"…the same as…\")\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   4x+4 = -31-2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    6x+4 = -31       (added 2x to both sides)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         6x = -35      (subtracted 4 from both sides)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Ans:     x = -35/6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      4(-35/6) + 4 = (-140+24)/6 = -116/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      -31-2(-35/6) = (-186+70)/6 = -116/6  (ok)\r<BR>\n" );
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