document.write( "Question 1170398: a number more than 32 divided by 15 more than twice a number is equal to 7/6. what is the number? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "The statement of the problem is flawed.

\n" ); document.write( "In the initial statement, the use of \"a number\" in both places does NOT mean that those two numbers are the same; the two numbers can be different:

\n" ); document.write( "a number more than 32: 32+x
\n" ); document.write( "15 more than twice a number: 2y+15

\n" ); document.write( "The problem then says

\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2832%2Bx%29%2F%282y%2B15%29+=+7%2F6\"$

\n" ); document.write( "This is an indeterminate equation with an infinite number of solutions; choose any number you want for one of the numbers and plug it into the equation to find the other number.

\n" ); document.write( "The statement of the problem, in order to be solvable, should read

\n" ); document.write( "\"A number more than 32, divided by 15 more than twice the number, is equal to 7/6.\"

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