SOLUTION: -Question-
If three is added to a number and the sum multiplied by two, the result is the same as nine subtracted from three times the number. Find the number.
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Question 852438: -Question-
If three is added to a number and the sum multiplied by two, the result is the same as nine subtracted from three times the number. Find the number.
-What I've Done-
2(n + 3) = 3n - 9
I'm not sure what the next steps to this question are!
thank you for your time
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The translation is correct. Now to solve for n, do you see Distributive Property and then some Additive Inverses?
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Based on your private message to me: That is part of it.
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