document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1104839>Question 1104839</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  a friend asks you to think of a number, triple it, and then subtract 2.  Write an algebraic expression using the variable x to describe your friend's directions.  Then find the value of the expression if the number you think of is 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a friend asks you to think of a number, triple it, and then subtract 2. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x, the number thought\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After that, <s>for result of</s> x is 5,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross%283x-2=5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross%283x-2=5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A5-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A5-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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