Question

What equation would solve this problem?Five added to 4 times a number is equal to 9 less than 2 times the number.

Answer 1

Given the statement:

"Five added to 4 times a number is equal to 9 less than 2 times the number."

Transforming each part of the statement into an equation, we get:

a.) Five added to 4 times a number:

`\text{4x + 5}`

b.) 9 less than 2 times the number:

`\text{ 2x - 9}`

Since it's been said that equation a is equal (=) to equation b, let's complete the equation.

We get,

`\text{ 4x + 5 = 2x - 9}`