Although you haven't said so, we presume you want to know the
value of the unknown number, and you're too shy to ask for it.
You've told us the following:
2x - 7 = -3
Add 7 to each side:
2x = 4
Divide each side by 2:
x = 2
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To express "16 more than twice a number" in mathematical terms, you would write it as 2x + 16, where x represents the unknown number. This expression indicates that you first multiply the number by 2 (twice the number) and then add 16 to the result.
Six less than the product of 8
It's seven
2x+3