SOLUTION: How do you write The product of a number and 3 is twice the sum of that number and 5 into an equation

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Question 665053: How do you write The product of a number and 3 is twice the sum of that number and 5 into an equation
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number.
the prodcut of x and 3 is 3*x
The sum of that number and 5 is x+5
You are told 3x+=+2%2A%28x%2B5%29
You were ot asked to simply of solve, so that ought to do it