SOLUTION: Translate into mathematical expression and then simplify. Nine times a number minus seven times the same number.

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Question 696627: Translate into mathematical expression and then simplify. Nine times a number minus seven times the same number.
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x = the number

9x - 7x {nine times a number minus seven times the same number}
= 2x {simplified by combining like terms}

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