document.write( "Question 125142This question is from textbook beginning algebra
\n" ); document.write( ": If four times the sum of a number and 5 is divided by 3, the result is 16 \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = the number and just write an equation for what it says:
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\n" ); document.write( "If four times the sum of a number and 5, is divided by 3, the result is 16
\n" ); document.write( " \"%284%28x+%2B+5%29%29%2F3\" = 16
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply equation by 3:
\n" ); document.write( "4(x + 5) = 3(16)
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\n" ); document.write( "4x + 20 = 48
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\n" ); document.write( "4x = 48 - 20
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\n" ); document.write( "4x = 28
\n" ); document.write( "x =\"28%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 7
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution in original equation:
\n" ); document.write( "\"%284%287+%2B+5%29%29%2F3\" = 16
\n" ); document.write( "\"%284%2812%29%29%2F3\" = 16
\n" ); document.write( "\"48%2F3\" = 16
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