Question

Which expression represents the phrase "twice the difference of a number and 5"?

Answer 1

The expression that represents the phrase "twice the difference of a number and 5" is 2(x - 5).

What is the expression that represents the phrase?

The difference of a number and 5 is given by:

x - 5.

As we don't know the number, hence we call it x.

Twice that is:

2(x - 5).

Hence the expression that represents the phrase "twice the difference of a number and 5" is 2(x - 5).

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