document.write( "Question 1060853: Emer and Beth pick a numberx. \n" ); document.write( "

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Say the n umber they pick is $\"X\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "So Emer's total is,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"6X%2B4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and Beth's total is,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%285%2BX%29%2A4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Those totals are equal to each other.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"6X%2B4=4%285%2BX%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"6X%2B4=20%2B4X\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2X=16\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X=8\"$
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