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Three times a number, less twice the number and 9 is 17. What is the number?
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Three times a number, less twice the number and 9 is 17. What is the number?
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I believe your answer is 8.
Three times a number less than twice the number and nine is seventeen can be written as: 3n - 2n + 9 = 17
Solve for n as follows:
3n - 2n = n
n + 9 = 17
17 - 9 = 8
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