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Three less than two times a number is 55. What is the number?

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Answer: the answer is three

Explanation:

X=2X-3

X+3=2X

3=2X-X

3=X

User Arun Pratap Singh
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Answer:29

Explanation:

55+3=58 (take the number you know and add 3 (THREE LESS THAN))

58/2=29 (divide by 2 (TWO TIMES A NUMBER))

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