Translate the sentence and solve: "4 is 2 less than double a number".
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the number is - 1
let the number be n then 6 times the number is 6n and added to -4 is
- 4 + 6n = 10n ( equal to 10 times the number )
subtract 6n from both sides
- 4 = 4n ( divide both sides by 4 )
= n , hence n = - 1