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Write a sentence as an equation. Use x to represent​ "a number." twice a number gives 108

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2x=108

Step-by-step explanation: This is the equation because when it says twice a number, you are multiplying a number two times. In this case, the number is not given, so x is the variable being multiplied two times. If the number was 8, it would look like this: 2(8)=108. Of course this isn't true, but to find the actual answer you would divide two on both sides of the equation. This is so that both of the two's cancel out on the left side of the equation. and the variable is left on that side. Our goal is to isolate the variable. In these types of equations, our goal is to isolate the variable and find what the variable is worth. If we do 108 divided by 2 that gives us 54. Since there was x left on the left side of the equation and there is 108 left on the right side we have our equation. x=54

Number explanation below

2x=108

2x/2=108/2

x=54

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