It's an example of converting something easy into something nearly impossible, and then
expressing it obscurely.
Behind the veil lies an almost trivial algebra exercise. Although the question doesn't ask for
the solution to the exercise, here it is anyway, at no extra cost:
-- The difference between (eight times a number) and (twice the number) is (six times the number).
-- (Six times the number) is eighteen.
-- (the number) is one-sixth of eighteen, or three.
x - (8 - x)
N - 8 = 22 (:
eight, eighteen, eighty, etc. are numbers that begin with e.
Abs(n - 8) = 22
18,800 is eighteen thousand, eight hundred.
"the difference between a number and eight is twenty-two
one third of the difference between ten and a number
x - (8 - x)
difference of eight and a number
The number 118,818,228 is spelled or spoken: One hundred eighteen million, eight hundred eighteen thousand, two hundred and twenty-eight.
Eight, eighteen, eighty, eighty-one,...
Eight, eighteen, eighty, eighty-one,...
twice the difference of three times a number and eight
N - 8 = 22 (:
eight, eighteen, eighty, etc. are numbers that begin with e.
eighteen and eight hundredths = 18.08 in decimal
Abs(n - 8) = 22