SOLUTION: Translate the following verbal statement into an algebraic equation and then solve: Use x for your variable. The difference of four times a number and the number is ten.

Question 1141002: Translate the following verbal statement into an algebraic equation and then solve:
Use
x
for your variable.
The difference of four times a number and the number is ten.
Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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4x - x = 10


3x = 10


x =  = .

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