3 years ago

What is the expression for "the difference between five times a number and twice that number"?

1 answer:

5 0

The answer to this question is 5x - 2x. Let x be the unknown variable and five times a number is equal to 5x then subtract it by the twice of that number which is 2x. In solving problems like this you have to let a certain variable represent the unknown.

You might be interested in

Rae earns $60 for playing music on saturday nights at the local coffee house. she makes an average of $5.25 in tips per hour. wr

insens350 [35]

Okay. So for this equation, she would make $60, plus $5.25 in tips each hour. So for this, she would get $60 + 5.25h. Plug in 4 hours, and she would make $21 off of tips, plus the $60, which brings her up to $81 total. The answer is C.

6 0

3 years ago

I<br> Need. Dis quickly my sis will get mad

blsea [12.9K]

Answer:

can I see a copy of the picture? I will edit answer once I can see the picture of the gingerbread man

3 0

3 years ago

Doug has $12 to spend on popcorn and peanuts. The peanuts are $4 each and popcorn is $2 each Write a linear equation that descri

Fynjy0 [20]

Popcorn=x
peanuts=y
2x+4y=12

4 0