Question

Write the equation: Five times the difference of a number and six is twenty.​

Answer 1

Answer:  [C]:  " 5(x - 6) = 20 " .

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Step-by-step explanation:

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Five multiplied (the difference of a 'number' and 6) is "20";

 The "is" refers to an "equal sign";

Let us refer to the unknown number with the variable, "x" ;

Re:  The  "difference" of a "number and 6" ;

Note the "difference" indicates "subtraction:

So;  " (x - 6) ;

"Five times (that difference)" shall be written as:

5*(x - 6) ;

or:  5(x - 6) ;  

We are told that this value "is 20" ; that is:  "equal to 20" ;

So we can rewite the expression; as follows:

    " (5x - 6) = 20 " ;  

Which corresponds to:

   Answer choice:  [C]:  " 5(x - 6) = 20 " .

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Answer 2

Answer:

C. 5(x-6)=20

Step-by-step explanation:

we can represent the value of x decreased by 6 times 5 as 5(x-6) and then show that that is equal to 20.