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The sum of four times a number and 1 is equal to the difference of twice the number and 2. Find the number.
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The sum of four times a number and 1 is equal to the difference of twice the number and 2. Find the number.
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times means *
sum means +
equal means =
twice means 2*
difference means -
Let a number be n
Then your algebraic equation to solve is:
4n%2B1=2n-2
-2n%2B4n%2B1=-2n%2B2n-2
2n%2B1=-2
2n%2B1-1=-2-1
2n=-3
2n%2F2=-3%2F2
highlight%28n=-3%2F2%29
Hope that helped. Happy Calculating!!!