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Angela incorrectly claimed the equation 18-9x=2 represent the following description the difference of nine times a number 8 is too write the correct equation what error might angela has made

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18-9x=2
18-2=9x
16=9x
x=16/9
User Inwerpsel
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the discription is too confusing

so 9 times a number 8 means 9 times 8 which is 72
and is too what. where does the 2 and the 18 come in
that is the problem
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