SOLUTION: Translate the following sentence into an algebraic equation:"6 more than triple a number is 3 times the difference of a number & 2."

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Question 267214: Translate the following sentence into an algebraic equation:"6 more than triple a number is 3 times the difference of a number & 2."
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Translate the following sentence into an algebraic equation:
"6 more than triple a number is 3 times the difference of a number & 2."
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Just write what it says, the word "is" usually mean equal "="
6 + 3x = 3*(x - 2)
but we usually write this as
3x + 6 = 3(x-2)