document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=102201>Question 102201</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help with this problem. This sounds easy but it may be a trick question. My answer would be any number you start with it doesn't matter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Javier said, I have a number in mind. If I add 5 to it, then subtract 5 from it, the average of the results is the number I started with. Can you tell for sure what the number he has in mind? Why ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Brian </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #74362 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=74362\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x be the number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x/2=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "While what he says is true it is meaningless also because we knew x=x before he started.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ed\r<BR>\n" );
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