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What is the expression for "the difference between five times a number and twice that number"?

User Mjdth
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Let the number be n.
5n - 2n = 3n
User Ganesh Kalje
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Let

x-----------> the number

we know that

The expression "the difference between five times a number and twice that number" is equal to


5x-2x

therefore

the answer is


5x-2x

User Alexander Christov
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