document.write( "Question 125484: Two less than one-sixth of a certain number is 1 more than one-fourth that number. What is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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X/6-2=X/4+1
\n" ); document.write( "X/6-X/4=1+2
\n" ); document.write( "(2X-3X)/12=3 NOW CROSS MULTIPLY.
\n" ); document.write( "-X=36
\n" ); document.write( "X=-36 ANSWER.
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\n" ); document.write( "-36/6-2=-36/4+1
\n" ); document.write( "-6-2=-9+1
\n" ); document.write( "-8=-8
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