SOLUTION: Consider the following statement.
The product of 5 and a number is equal to 2 times the difference of the number and 3.
What variable is appropriate?
x (the value 3)
x (the val
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Question 712335: Consider the following statement.
The product of 5 and a number is equal to 2 times the difference of the number and 3.
What variable is appropriate?
x (the value 3)
x (the value 2)
x (a known number)
x (the unknown number)
x (the value 5)
Translate the sentence into an equation.
Solve the equation for the variable x. Check the answer.
x =
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The product of and a number :
is equal to times the difference of the number and :
;
What variable is appropriate?
(the unknown number)
so, we have the equation ...solve for
check the answer:
...plug in
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