document.write( "Question 1208442: Four times a certain number is equal to the number substracted from 40. Find the number \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Four times a certain number is equal to the number substracted from 40. Find the number \r\n" );
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document.write( "Is this dude really SERIOUS? Why does the problem refer to a certain number throughout, yet he\r\n" );
document.write( "decides to assign 2 DIFFERENT variables (p and n) to that VERY SAME number? That is truly one of the\r\n" );
document.write( "mist RIDICULOUS things I've ever seen. Plus, as a supposed \"tutor,\" why would he spell forty as FOURTY? \r\n" );
document.write( "Do these people need spellcheck for every single word they type? And, what's the sense in spelling/misspelling\r\n" );
document.write( "40 when you can just write \"40?\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "I really feel sorry for the person who asked for help. How is he/she going to be able to find that certain number\r\n" );
document.write( "with the following equation: 4p = 40 - n, or 4p = FOURTY - n?

\n" ); document.write( "p, the certain number
\n" ); document.write( "4p, four times a certain number
\n" ); document.write( "4p=, four times a certain number is equal to....
\n" ); document.write( "40-n, the certain number subtracted from fourty \n" ); document.write( "

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