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∙ 11y agox - (8 - x)
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∙ 11y ago48-n=4n-7
50-8n
N - 8 = 22 (:
Abs(n - 8) = 22
It's an example of converting something easy into something nearly impossible, and then expressing it obscurely. Behind the veil lies an almost trivial algebra exercise. Although the question doesn't ask for the solution to the exercise, here it is anyway, at no extra cost: -- The difference between (eight times a number) and (twice the number) is (six times the number). -- (Six times the number) is eighteen. -- (the number) is one-sixth of eighteen, or three.
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48-n=4n-7
X = number 48 - X = 4X - 7
"the difference between a number and eight is twenty-two
one third of the difference between ten and a number
difference of eight and a number
The number is 4
50-8n
twice the difference of three times a number and eight
N - 8 = 22 (:
Abs(n - 8) = 22
n - 8 is the expression for the difference of eight and a number.'Number' is a variable, so the variable must be a letter (in this case, 'n'). 'The difference' is going to be the subtraction symbol that is in between the 'number' and eight, so it must be n - 8. It could, of course, be 8 - n.