Four fewer than two fewer than three times a number.
You need to be very careful about phrases like three times a number reduced by two for 3*x-2 because the phrase could also refer to three times (a number reduced by two) ie 3*(x-2).
Chat with our AI personalities
-1
1x84 2x42 3x24 4x21 6x14 7x12
three fifths of 24 is: 3/5 x 24 = 3x24/5 = 142/5 = 14.4
Let the original number be y Therefore the new number is given by the expression 2y + 6
using only whole numbers there are six answers: 1x72 2x36 3x24 4x18 6x12 8x9