document.write( "Question 615104: I am not understanding a word problem on my homework. The problem is Three times the difference of a number and two is one more than twice the number \n" ); document.write( "

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The problem is:
\n" ); document.write( "Let n = \"a number\"
\n" ); document.write( "Just write an equation for what it says:
\n" ); document.write( " Three times the difference of a number and two is one more than twice the number
\n" ); document.write( "3(n - 2) = 2n + 1
\n" ); document.write( "3n - 6 = 2n + 1
\n" ); document.write( "3n - 2n = 1 + 6
\n" ); document.write( "n = 7 is the number
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\n" ); document.write( "See if that checks out in the statement
\n" ); document.write( "3(7-2) = 2(7) + 1
\n" ); document.write( "3(5) = 14 + 1 \n" ); document.write( "

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