SOLUTION: set up and solve: thirty two less than twice a number equals twelve

SOLUTION: set up and solve: thirty two less than twice a number equals twelve

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Question 229044: set up and solve: thirty two less than twice a number equals twelve
Answer by JenniferTutors(83) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For this one,
Thirty-two less than twice a number equals twelve would look like this:

Now solve for x,
first add 32 to the other side of the equation:

Now divide 2 into 44 and itself.

And your answer is:

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