SOLUTION: My Verbal Equation Is To Find Out What: Twelve less than 2 times a number is equal to 15 minus 7 times the number is. Any help with this problem would be <i>greatly</i> appre

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Question 84696: My Verbal Equation Is To Find Out What:
Twelve less than 2 times a number is equal to 15 minus 7 times the number is.
Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated:D
,Kia Jayy
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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2X-12=15-7X
2X+7X=15+12
9X=27
X=27/9
X=3 ANSWER.
PROOF
2*3-12=15-7*3
6-12=15-21
-6=-6