SOLUTION: I need help figuring out how to work these problems. I will only submit one, and maybe that can help me figure out how to do the others. Please and Thank you very much! My directi

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Question 321857: I need help figuring out how to work these problems. I will only submit one, and maybe that can help me figure out how to do the others. Please and Thank you very much!
My directions:
Solve using the five-step problem-solving process. Show all steps necessary to strive at your solution.
The sum of twice a number and 4 less than the number is the same as the difference between -32 and the number. What is the number?

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Let represent the number.

Twice the number:

4 less than the number:

The sum of ...

Is the same as:

The difference between -32 and the number:

Putting it all together:



Simplify and solve:







Check:

Twice the number: -14

4 less than the number -11

The sum -25

-32 - (-7) = -25 Checks.


John