Pick any number between 1 and 20. Add 5 to the number. Multiply the sum by 6.

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Pick any number between 1 and 20. Add 5 to the number. Multiply the sum by 6. Subtract 12 from the product. Divide the difference by 2. Divide the quotient by 3. Subtract the number you started with from the quotient. What is your answer? Try this process with a different number. Make a conjecture as to what your final answer will always be.

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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