document.write( "Question 1184663: Follow the steps given, make a conjecture then prove your conjecture deductively:\r
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document.write( "Follow the steps given, make a conjecture then prove your conjecture deductively:\r
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document.write( "1.  Think of a number. ( i picked 2 pls)      
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document.write( "Let x = the number
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document.write( "2.  Multiply the number by 5
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document.write( "Now we have 5x\r
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document.write( "3.  Add 17 to the result in Step 2.
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document.write( "Now we have 5x+17\r
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document.write( "4.  Triple the result in Step 3.
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document.write( "Now we have 3(5x+17) or 15x+51\r
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document.write( "5.  Reduce the result in Step 4 by 6
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document.write( "Now we have 15x+45\r
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document.write( "6.  Divide the result in Step 5 by 5
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document.write( "Now we have 3x+9\r
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document.write( "7.  Subtract 9 from the result in Step 6.
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document.write( "You are left with three times the original number.\r
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