document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1123967>Question 1123967</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A number multiplied by -8, subtracted from the sum of 10 and three times the number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Look at each word or group of words and see how it translates into a mathematical expression.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A number...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "...multiplied by -8...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*(-8), or -8x<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "...subtracted from...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(???) - (-8x)   (we don't yet know what the -8x is subtracted from)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "...subtracted from the sum of...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(??? + ???) - (-8x)  (now we know the -8x is subtracted from the sum of two (or more) things)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "...subtracted from the sum of 10 and 3 times the number<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(10+3x) - (-8x)  (and now we know exactly what sum the -8x is subtracted from<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Complete translation:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(10+3x) - (-8x) </SPAN>\n" );
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