SOLUTION: If 3 is added to a number and this sum is doubled, the result is 2 more than the number. Find the number.

SOLUTION: If 3 is added to a number and this sum is doubled, the result is 2 more than the number. Find the number.

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Question 121283: If 3 is added to a number and this sum is doubled, the result is 2 more than the number. Find the number.
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(x+3)*2=x+2
2x+6=x+2
2x-x=2-6
x=-4 answer.
proof
(-4+3)*2=-4+2
-1*2=-2
-2=-2
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