SOLUTION: define a variable, write an equation, and solve to find each number. Eighteen less than three times a number is twice the number

SOLUTION: define a variable, write an equation, and solve to find each number. Eighteen less than three times a number is twice the number

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Question 391198: define a variable, write an equation, and solve to find each number.
Eighteen less than three times a number is twice the number

Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3x-18=2x
x=18
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