SOLUTION: six times the difference of a number and eight is fourteen less than the number.

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Question 1021800: six times the difference of a number and eight is fourteen less than the number.
Answer by EdenWolf(517) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = the number.
6(x-8)=x-14
6x-48=x-14
5x-48=-14
5x=34
x=34%2F5 or 6.8