SOLUTION: Translate and simplify: "quantity three less than twice the sum of a number and 5".

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Question 92171: Translate and simplify: "quantity three less than twice the sum of a number and 5".
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Translate/simplify: "quantity three less than twice the sum of a number and 5".
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Let the number be "x".
2(x+5)-3
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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