I don't want to do your work for you, so Ill do one exactly like yours so you
can do your own problem and use the one I do as a guide. Yours is exactly
like it.
I add 6 to the number, multiply the result by 2, I get the same as when I add 19 to it.
I start with
N
I add 6 to the number,
So I write + 6 after the N, now I have this:
N + 6
multiply the result by 2,
Now before I can multiply that, since there are two terms, I must
put parentheses around it, like this (N + 6), so that when I multiply
it by 2, both terms will be multiplied by 2 and not just the N only.
So now I have
2(N + 6)
I get the same as
"I get the same as" means to put an equal sign after it because when
things are the same they are equal:
2(N + 6) =
when I add 19 to it.
Adding 19 to N was just like adding 6 to it. We get N + 19. So you
write N + 19 after the equal sign:
2(N + 6) = N + 19
Now that's an equation. To solve it
Distribute to remove the parentheses:
2N + 12 = N + 19
Then I get rid of the + 12 on the left by adding -12 to both sides.
2N + 12 = N + 19
-12 -12
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2N = N + 7
Then I get rid of the N on the right side by adding -N to both sides:
2N = N + 7
-N -N
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N = 7
The answer is 7.
Edwin