How do you write an equation from the phrase "Seven less than twice a number equals 19"?
2 Answers
Apr 8, 2018
Explanation:
Twice a number
An amount (in this case, seven) less than a number means that number subtracted by the amount (seven)
7 is being subtracted from 2n
Apr 8, 2018
Explanation:
Well first we should look at the part that says "twice a number"
This number can be anything so let's assign a variable to it
Let
And we also see at the end "twice a number equals 19"
So we get
Then we see that "Seven less than"
So we get
Now if you would want to solve this equation you first add
Then we divide both side by
So