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Translate the sentence into an equation.
Twice the difference of a number and 5 is 8.
Use the variable x for the unknown number.


Sagot :

2 (x - 5) = 8

To solve, you use the distributive property as shown below!! :)

2x - 10 = 8
2x = 18
x = 9

Hope this helped you :)