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document.write( "The translation of words to Math is this equation for the total area x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (0.4x - 10) + (0.7x+6) = x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.4x - 10 + 0.7x + 6 = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.4x + 0.7x - x = 10 - 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "           0.1x     =    4\r\n" );
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document.write( "              x     =    4/0.1\r\n" );
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document.write( "              x     = 40.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  He owned 40 hectares of land, initially.\r\n" );
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