SOLUTION: translate and solve: seven subtracted from double a number is fifteen. find the number

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Question 982620: translate and solve: seven subtracted from double a number is fifteen. find the number
Answer by ikleyn(52767) About Me  (Show Source):
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2x - 7 = 15.

2x = 15 + 7,

2x = 22,

x = 22%2F2 = 11.