SOLUTION: the product of a number and 3 is twice the difference of that number and 8 find that number please help me of this question i just had this question for an exam and i was totally c

SOLUTION: the product of a number and 3 is twice the difference of that number and 8 find that number please help me of this question i just had this question for an exam and i was totally c

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Question 346323: the product of a number and 3 is twice the difference of that number and 8 find that number please help me of this question i just had this question for an exam and i was totally confused
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the nuber be x.
3x=2(x-8)
3x=2x-16
x=-16
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Ed
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