SOLUTION: Nine plus two times a number is equal to the difference of three times a number and 2. I need an equation for the above and to solve that equation for x.

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Question 1128982: Nine plus two times a number is equal to the difference of three times a number and 2.
I need an equation for the above and to solve that equation for x.
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, greenestamps:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+9+%2B+2x+=+3x+-+2+
Add +2+ to both sides
+11+%2B+2x+=+3x+
Subtract +2x+ from both sides
+11+=+x+
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check:
+9+%2B+2%2A11+=+3%2A11+-+2+
+9+%2B+22+=+33+-+2+
+31+=+31+
OK

Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Note that, technically, the problem as worded can't be solved, because it does not say the two occurrences of "a number" are the same. The general interpretation of the given words is

9%2B2x+=+3y-2

That is a single equation in two variables; it does not have a unique solution.

The correct statement of the problem is this:

Nine plus two times a number is equal to the difference of three times THE number and 2.