SOLUTION: how would you make this into and equation...... "if two less than three times a number is equal to the difference of five times the same number and ten."

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Question 762316: how would you make this into and equation...... "if two less than three times a number is equal to the difference of five times the same number and ten."
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how would you make this into an equation...... "if two less than three times a number is equal to the difference of five times the same number and ten."
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Let the number be "x":
3x-2 = 5x-10
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Cheers,
Stan H.