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Translate the sentence into an equation.

Three times the difference of a number and 8 equals 4..

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3(x - 8) = 4
3(x) - 3(8) = 4
3x - 24 = 4
+ 24 + 24
3x = 28
3 3
x = 9¹/₃
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