SOLUTION: 18 less than twice a number is -54. What is the number?

Question 803072: 18 less than twice a number is -54. What is the number?
Answer by homeworkhedgehog(9) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Translated, this is

The only tricky part about this is wanting to start it out with 18 - 2x, but that is not correct.
When we say something is a certain number "less than" something else, that means you subtract it FROM the something else and not the other way around.
Anyway, from here, you just solve for x:
; Add 18 to both sides
; Divide both sides by 2
If you want to check your answer, just plug it back in:

=
=
And it checks out.
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