SOLUTION: if the sum of a number and twice the number is nine less than sixty two----------- this is exactly how it appears on my kids homework--wtf???

SOLUTION: if the sum of a number and twice the number is nine less than sixty two----------- this is exactly how it appears on my kids homework--wtf???

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Question 291966: if the sum of a number and twice the number is nine less than sixty two------------this is exactly how it appears on my kids homework--wtf???
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = "a number"
:
Write what it says, (the word "is" usually means =)
"if the sum of a number and twice the number is nine less than sixty two-
x + 2x = 62 - 9
3x = 53
x =
x = 17
:
:
Check solution in original problem
+ 2() = 62 - 9
+ () = 62 - 9
() = 53
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