SOLUTION: 2 is 17 more than 3 times a number. What is the number?
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Question 402300: 2 is 17 more than 3 times a number. What is the number?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2=3x+17
-15=3x
x=-5
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