document.write( "Question 1174851: Will you please help me with the homework below.
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document.write( "(A) Without simplifying along the way....
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document.write( "Step1: Think of a number  ----------------  x\r\n" );
document.write( "Step2: Add 7  ----------------------------  x+7\r\n" );
document.write( "Step3: Double your answer  --------------- 2(x+7)\r\n" );
document.write( "Step4: Subtract 4  ----------------------- 2(x+7)-4\r\n" );
document.write( "Step5: Divide by 2  ---------------------- (2(x+7)-4)/2\r\n" );
document.write( "Step6: Subtract the number you started  -- ((2(x+7)-4)/2)-x\r\n" );
document.write( "Step7: write down your answer
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document.write( "(B) Simplifying as we go....
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document.write( "Step1: Think of a number  ----------------  x\r\n" );
document.write( "Step2: Add 7  ----------------------------  x+7\r\n" );
document.write( "Step3: Double your answer  ---------------  2(x+7) = 2x+14\r\n" );
document.write( "Step4: Subtract 4  -----------------------  (2x+14)-4 = 2x+10\r\n" );
document.write( "Step5: Divide by 2  ----------------------  (2x+10)/2 = x+5\r\n" );
document.write( "Step6: Subtract the number you started  --  (x+5)-x = 5\r\n" );
document.write( "Step7: write down your answer  -----------  5

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