SOLUTION: Translate into an equations and solve. The difference between seven and twice a number, n, is one. Five times the sum of twice a number, n, and six is thirty.

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Question 482431: Translate into an equations and solve.
The difference between seven and twice a number, n, is one.
Five times the sum of twice a number, n, and six is thirty.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Translate into an equations and solve.
The difference between seven and twice a number, n, is one.
7 - 2n = 1
2n = 7-1
2n = 6
n = 3
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Five times the sum of twice a number, n, and six is thirty.
5(2n+6) = 30
2n+6 = 6
2n = 0
n = 0
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Cheers,
Stan H.