9 ft
Set up a ratio...6/18=x/27...reduce to 1/3=x/27...cross multiply and solve for x.
3x=27 so x=9
Since x is our unknown number, on one side of our equation we will have the "<span>Subtracting two times a number from 10", and on the other will be -3. So,
-3=10-2x</span>
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