SOLUTION: the difference between eight times a number and five more than two times the number is what?
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Question 1084460: the difference between eight times a number and five more than two times the number is what?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the difference between eight times a number and five more than two times the number is what?
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n = a number
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8*n - (2*n + 5) is what.
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Or,
2n+5 - 8n is what.
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The difference between a & b can be either a-b, or b-a.
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