SOLUTION: May someone help me translate into an algebraic expression. Thanks "Twice the difference of a number and one added to triple the number yields twenty less than six times the num

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Question 133707: May someone help me translate into an algebraic expression. Thanks
"Twice the difference of a number and one added to triple the number yields twenty less than six times the number."
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's translate: ""Twice the difference of a number and one"

The difference of "a number and one" is simply x-1

Now if you take "twice" of that result, you get : 2%28x-1%29

Now add "triple the number" to get 2%28x-1%29%2B3x

Since this "yields twenty less than six times the number" the complete equation looks like

2%28x-1%29%2B3x=6x-20