document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=121683>Question 121683</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I can't fiqure out how to do these problems. can you please help explain them to me? Thanks \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "17. Solve: 0.1p+2.1=4.6p-1.9+0.5p\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18. Translate to an algebraic expression: Twenty less than some number.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Arranging like terms on one side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "          0.1p - 4.6p - 0.5p = -1.9 - 2.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          -5p = -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "            p = -4/-5 = 4/5 = .8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18. Translate to an algebraic expression: Twenty less than some number. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "        Let the number be denoted by x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        algebraic expression can be written as x - 20\r<BR>\n" );
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