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5 less than a number x is 3 times the sum of a number x and 2? (i need a word problem not the answer)

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Answer:

Yesterday I squeezed 2 kilos of apples in a barrel.

Today I have picked 5 extra kilos of apples and save them in a basket.

By the end of the day, I want to squeeze some of them and add to the barrel.

Apple juice from the barrel is valued 3 times the same amount of raw apples.

I want to find how many apples I can squeeze today (x) such that the value of the remaining raw apples is equivalent to the total value of produced apple juice.

Explanation:

The equation is 5-x = 3 * (x + 2).

If x is the amount of apple to squeeze (in kilos) then 5-x is the remaining raw apples and x+2 is the total quantity of juice.

Since that juice is valued 3 times the raw apples we obtain the equivalence defined in the equation above.

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