SOLUTION: directions: express your answer for each of the following in terms of the given variable. give answers in simplest form. question: a number n is two more than four times another

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Question 95490: directions: express your answer for each of the following in terms of the given variable. give answers in simplest form.
question: a number n is two more than four times another number. what is the sum of those two numbers?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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directions: express your answer for each of the following in terms of the given variable. give answers in simplest form.
question: a number n is two more than four times another number. what is the sum of those two numbers?
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Let the "other number" be y:
n = 4y-2
The sum of the two numbers is n+y or (4y-2)+y = 5y-2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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