Question

Translate the sentence into an equation.Twice the difference of a number and 2 is 6.Use the variable y for the unknown number.

Answer 1

• so we know the final number is 6 so lets look at the rest of the question:

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• Let unknown number = y

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• so ( y-2 ), so twice the difference of a number 2 is 6 will be expressed as follows :

2(y-2) = 6