SOLUTION: six less than three times a number is equal to twenty

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Question 167274This question is from textbook New Progress in mathematics
: six less than three times a number is equal to twenty This question is from textbook New Progress in mathematics

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call the number x 3x-6=20 add 6 and divide by 3 on boths sides
3x=26----->x=26/3