document.write( "Question 1210606: four more than three times n equals -5
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document.write( "Stated problems in algebra are problematic because English does not have \r\n" );
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document.write( "Four more than three times n equals -5\r\n" );
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document.write( "If that were meant to be interpreted this way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(Four more than three) times n equals -5\r\n" );
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document.write( "it would be (3+4)n = -5\r\n" );
document.write( "                7n = -5\r\n" );
document.write( "                 n = -5/7 \r\n" );
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document.write( "However, if it were meant to be interpreted this way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "four more than (three times n) equals -5\r\n" );
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document.write( "it would be 3n+4 = -5\r\n" );
document.write( "              3n = -9\r\n" );
document.write( "               n = -3 \r\n" );
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document.write( "I would assume that it is to be interpreted this way, using the operations of\r\n" );
document.write( "mathematics (multiplication before addition).  Also, if you are taking algebra,\r\n" );
document.write( "no intelligent teacher would likely be testing you to see if you could do\r\n" );
document.write( "something as elementary as adding 3+4 to get 7. \r\n" );
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