Question

23. What is the value of the unknown number described?Twenty-nine minus three times a number is the same as six times the numberplus two.

Answer 1

`29\text{ - 3x = 6x + 2}`

Solving for x:

`\begin{gathered} 6x\text{ + 2 = 29-3x} \\ 6x+3x\text{ = 29-2} \\ 9x\text{ = 27} \\ x\text{ =}(27)/(9)=3 \\ x=3 \end{gathered}`