document.write( "Question 1126454: Twice the difference between four times a number and five is six. Find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Twice the difference between four times a number and five is six. Find the number.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%284n-5%29=6\", or \"2%285-4n%29=6\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Using the first one,
\n" ); document.write( "\"4n-5=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4n=3%2B5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4n=8\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"n=2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If the second one,
\n" ); document.write( "\"5-4n=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5-3=4n\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2=4n\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"n=1%2F2\"
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