The number should be 54, where we can add 36 to get twice the number decreased by 18.
<h3>What is linear equation?</h3>
There are only one or two variables in a linear equation. No variable can be multiplied by a number larger than one or used as the denominator of a fraction in a linear equation.
Given that, when we add 36 with a number then it gives twice the number decreased by 18.
Let the number be
.
We get the linear equation

Therefore, the number should be 54.
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