SOLUTION: For the following exercise, translate into a variable expression. Use x for your variable. a number decreased by the difference between two times the number and seventeen

SOLUTION: For the following exercise, translate into a variable expression. Use x for your variable. a number decreased by the difference between two times the number and seventeen

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Question 898222: For the following exercise, translate into a variable expression. Use x for your variable.
a number decreased by the difference between two times the number and seventeen
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x - (2x-17) = x - 2x + 17 = 17 - x
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