SOLUTION: Four more than two times a number is six. What is the number?

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Question 527980: Four more than two times a number is six. What is the number?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Four more than two times a number is six." translates to


Start with the given equation.


Subtract from both sides.


Combine like terms on the right side.


Divide both sides by to isolate .


Reduce.


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Answer:

So the solution is

This means that the unknown number is 1


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