SOLUTION: six less than two times a number is the same as four times the number. Find the number and solve.

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Question 1121546: six less than two times a number is the same as four times the number. Find the number and solve.
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Answer by ikleyn(52821)   (Show Source):
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2x - 6 = 4x ====> -6 = 4x - 2x -6 = 2x x = = -3.

Answer. x = -3.

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Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
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A number:

Two times a number:

Six less than two times that number

"Is the same as"

Four times the same number:

So:

Solve for

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it