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sixty more than nine times a number is the same as two less than ten times the number. What’s the number

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Explanation:

the number unknown=x

9x+60=10x-2

Bring all right hand side of the equation to the left side

9x+60-10x+2=0

-x+62=0

-x=-62

answer x=62

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