SOLUTION: eight times the difference of a number and 2, divided by 2 is equal to four. find the number.
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Question 467659: eight times the difference of a number and 2, divided by 2 is equal to four. find the number.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number. The difference between the number an 2 could either be 
or 
. The wording of your problem is ambiguous. So, you either have:
}{2}\ =\ 4)
or
}{2}\ =\ 4)
Solve both equations for . Both answers are correct for the question as posed.
John
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