Question

The product of twice a number and two is the same as the difference of three times the number and

9/5
Find the number
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Answer 1

The number is -9/5

STEP - BY - STEP EXPLANATION

What to find?

The unknown number.

Given:

The product of twice a number and two is the same as the difference of three times the number and 9/5.

Let x be the number.

To solve, we will need to to follow the steps below:

Step 1

Translate the question into an equation.

That is;

`2x*2=3x-(9)/(5)`

Step 2

Simplify the left-hand side of the equation.

`4x=3x-(9)/(5)`

Step 3

Collect like term.

`4x-3x=-(9)/(5)`

Step 4

Simplify the above.

`x=-(9)/(5)`

Therefore, the number is -9/5.