The problem can be written as:
2x - 6 = 4
and solved as:
2x - 6 = 4
+6 = +6 [adding 6 to both sides]
2x = 10
(2x)/2 = (10)/2 [dividing both sides by 2]
x = 5
Chat with our AI personalities
The number 100 is ten times less than 1000.
7
20 less than 2 times a number is 40 = 2x - 20 = 40Let x = the number2 times a number = 2x20 less than = - 20is 40: =40Translating it into mathematical symbols :2x - 20 = 40
all of them
Thirty decreased by three times a number is six less than three times the number. Find the number.