document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1192151>Question 1192151</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A smaller number is 3 less than half a larger number. The larger number is 10 times 1 less than the smaller number. Let x represent the smaller number, and let y represent the larger number. Which equations can be used to model the situation? Check all that apply.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1/2y-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-y=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-y=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1/2(y-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=10(x-1) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A smaller number is 3 less than half a larger number. The larger number is 10 times 1 less than the smaller number. Let x represent the smaller number, and let y represent the larger number. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=%281%2F2%29y-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=%281%2F2%29y-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the meaning of the first sentence.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your second sentence, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=10%28x-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=10%28x-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each of the two is a completely different equation.  They are not equivalent.  Completely separate situations! </SPAN>\n" );
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