SOLUTION: translate the following sentence into equation do not solve nine times the difference of four and number is 81

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Question 484974: translate the following sentence into equation do not solve
nine times the difference of four and number is 81

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Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x is a number

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
translate the following sentence into equation do not solve
nine times the difference of four and number is 81

Let the number be N

Usually, the difference between two numbers is calculated as the larger minus the smaller. In this case, if N is larger than 4, then the sentence will read:



However, if 4 is larger than N, then the sentence will read:



If both are solved, each will yield a different value for N

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