The phrase "a number and eight" suggests an arithmetic expression where a specific number is added to eight. When the equation states that this sum equals twenty-two, it can be represented as "x + 8 = 22," where "x" is the unknown number. To find "x," you would subtract eight from twenty-two, resulting in "x = 14." Therefore, the difference between the number and eight is that the number itself is fourteen.
x - (8 - x)
N - 8 = 22 (:
Abs(n - 8) = 22
No difference. (-8)5 = (-85) = -85
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.
"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
twice the difference of three times a number and eight
N - 8 = 22 (:
Abs(n - 8) = 22
n - 8 is the expression for the difference of eight and a number.'Number' is a variable, so the variable must be a letter (in this case, 'n'). 'The difference' is going to be the subtraction symbol that is in between the 'number' and eight, so it must be n - 8. It could, of course, be 8 - n.
The difference between seventeen and thirty is thirteen. Thirteen multiplied by eight is one hundred four. The answer is one hundred four (104).
(8 - x) - 11
One number is eight more than twice another if their difference is 25. The larger number is 42
No difference. (-8)5 = (-85) = -85