SOLUTION: The product of some number and six is equal to the sum of the number and two. find the number

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Question 927540: The product of some number and six is equal to the sum of the number and two. find the number
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Since the number is an unknown value, we can substitute a variable in to express it below.
The product of the number and six can be expressed as:

The sum of the number and two can be expressed as:

Since they equal each other, we shall express it as:

Through properties of equality, we can deduce that the answer will be:





We can also check our answer to verify if this solution are true to both equation.





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