document.write( "Question 1193832: Two less than thrice a number is thirteen. What is the number? Give an equation \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From the first statement,  thrice the number is two more than thirteen,  i.e. 13+2 =  5.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hence,  the number itself is  15/3 = 5.         ANSWER\r
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