From that statement, we can go about making an expression. Half of the number (x), is equal to 2 less than 2/3rds of the number<em /><em>: 0.5x = (2/3)x -2 </em>1.5x = 2x - 6 -0.5x = -6 0.5x = 6 x = 12
So a number that such that statement is true is 12.