SOLUTION: How do you write this as an equation? seventeen less than the product of 5 and a number is two.

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Question 273567: How do you write this as an equation?
seventeen less than the product of 5 and a number is two.
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x equal the number.

5*x - 17 = 2

the product of 5 and the number is 5*x
seventeen less than that is -17
the result of the operation is 2.