Your taking off $20 from the amount that you have to begin with
The number is -13.
In order to find this, we first need to make each part of the statement into a mathematical statement.
Twice the difference of a number and 2.
2(x - 2)
Three times the sum of the number and 3
3(x + 3)
Now we can set them equal to each other and solve.
2(x - 2) = 3(x + 3) ----> Distribute
2x - 4 = 3x + 9 ------> Subtract 2x from both sides
-4 = x + 9 -----> Subtract 9 from both sides
-13 = x
3 quarters and a dime a nickel and 4 pennies
I don’t know how to show how I got it but the answer is X=12.
Answer:
37 and 26
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the bigger number be x and the smaller number be y.
Then the two numbers total 63 will give us:
y+x=63------>eqn1
The two numbers have a difference of 11.
y-x=11------->eqn2
We add equations 1 and 2 to obtain:
2y=74
Divide both sides to get:
y=37
Put y=37 into eqn2 to get:
37-x=11
x=37-11
x=26
This larger number is 37 and the smaller number is 26