Question 805894
You can write each part of the problem algebraically, you just have to think of it as numbers and not as words.
"Twelve times the sum of a number and x" can be written as: 12(x+2)
When you see "a number" in a word problem, that will usually be your x value.
"...is equal to 36". Now we can write the whole equation as:
12(x+2)=36 


To solve the equation, begin by distributing the 12 to both terms inside the parentheses. 


12(x+2)=36
12x+24=36
Then, subtract 24 from each side.


12x=12
x=1
Hope this helped! :-)