SOLUTION: Please help me solve this "twice the difference between a number and 10 is three times the sum of the number and 1"

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Question 789557: Please help me solve this "twice the difference between a number and 10 is three times the sum of the number and 1"
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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n= the number
n-10= the difference between a number and 10 ( according to a common interpretation)
n%2B1= the sum of the number and 1

The way I read the problem, what it says in words translates as
2%28n-10%29=3%28n%2B1%29

Solving:
2%28n-10%29=3%28n%2B1%29
2n-2%2A10=3n%2B3%2A1
2n-20=3n%2B3
2n-20-3=3n
2n-23=3n
-23=3n-2n
-23=n