SOLUTION: If 6 is multiplied by the difference between a number and 3, the result is the difference between 4 times the number and 2. Find the number. This is what I try to do I don't k

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Question 779903: If 6 is multiplied by the difference between a number and 3, the result is the difference between 4 times the number and 2. Find the number.

This is what I try to do I don't know if is right x+3(6)=4x-x+2
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Way off.

A number:

The difference between a number and three:

Six times the difference ... :

the result is:

Four times the number:

The difference between four times the number and 2:

Put the pieces together:



Now solve for

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