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document.write( "Write the following phrase using symbols.  Use the variable x to represent the number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Eight less than three times a number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer is 8-3x.  Is this correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #84591 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><B>Edwin McCravy(20060)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Edwin+McCravy><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=84591\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the following phrase using symbols.  Use the variable x to represent the number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer is 8-3x.  Is this correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No.  You cannot go by the fact that the word \"Eight\" comes before\r\n" );
document.write( "\"three times a number\" in the English sentence.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You ask and answer these questions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Qustion:  What is it that is being made less by eight?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: \"three times a number\" or 3x is what is being made\r\n" );
document.write( "         less by eight.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Question: How do we make 3x less by eight?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: By subtracting 8 from it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Question:  How do we do that?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: By putting 3x down and then subtracting 8 from it, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "        3x - 8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So always ask and answer the above questions.  NEVER just go by the\r\n" );
document.write( "order in which the 8 and the 3x come in the English sentence.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To make something less, write it down, and then subtract from it.\r\n" );
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