document.write( "Question 966286: If a number is first doubled then decreased by six and rhe result is eight what is the number \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x = the number that we're trying to find. Set up an equation.
\n" ); document.write( "2x-6=8
\n" ); document.write( "2x=8+6
\n" ); document.write( "2x=14
\n" ); document.write( "x=14/2
\n" ); document.write( "x=7\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The number is \"7\".
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