SOLUTION: How do you work this?
the sum of two and three times the difference of a number and five is equal to four times the differnce a number and one
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Question 356083: How do you work this?
the sum of two and three times the difference of a number and five is equal to four times the differnce a number and one
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let number be x
3(x-5)+2 =4(x-1)
3x-15+2=4x-4
3x-13=4x-4
3x-4x=13-4
-x=9
divide by -1
x=-9
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