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document.write( "Let the number be \"x\"; it's opposite is \"-x\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " opposite - number = 38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x -x = 38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x = 38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -19<BR>\n" );
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