Question 1055573
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The difference between three times a number and nine more than two times the number
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3x - (2x+9).



<U>Small notice</U>


In <U>English school math</U> they treat these words "The difference between x and y" in two ways.


One way is simply x-y.


The other way is |x-y|.


Often they can not to get an agreement on how to treat it.


But it is "as is", and I can not influence it.


In real MATH, however, there is no such a duality.


In real MATH, "the difference between x and y" is x-y.