Can you help me write an equation and solve this for me? You paid $6000 for a new guitar. Your guitar cost $40 more than twice the cost of your friends guitar how much did your friends guitar cost?

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Can you help me write an equation and solve this for me? You paid $6000 for a new guitar. Your guitar cost $40 more than twice the cost of your friends guitar how much did your friends guitar cost?

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x=friends guitar cost
6000=40+2x
subtract 40 from each side so:
5960=2x
then divide two on both sides so:
x=$2980

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