document.write( "Question 1119923: Find a number if 20 less than the number equals three times the the sum of twice the number and 20. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Find a number if 20 less than the number equals three times the the sum of twice the number and 20.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That is ambiguous in the \"sum...\" part.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "p, the number\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p-20=3%28sumoftwicethenumberand20%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p-20=3%282p%2B20%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p-20=6p%2B60\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-20-60=5p\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5p=-80\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28p=-18%29\"
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