SOLUTION: please help me translate the problem to an equation. 3 times a number is 2 less than 4 times the number.

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Question 1048331: please help me translate the problem to an equation.
3 times a number is 2 less than 4 times the number.

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let number be
3 times a number:
4 times the number:

if 3 times a number is less than 4 times the number, we have:
.....now we can solve for

-> your number

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