SOLUTION: Can you convert this sentence into an algebraic equation and then solve it 5 more than twice a number is 29

SOLUTION: Can you convert this sentence into an algebraic equation and then solve it 5 more than twice a number is 29

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Question 366700: Can you convert this sentence into an algebraic equation and then solve it
5 more than twice a number is 29

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let number be x
twice the number = 2x
5 more
= 2x+5
2x+5 =29
..
add-5
2x+5-5 = 29-5
2x=24
/2
x= 12
...
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