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23. What is the value of the unknown number described?Twenty-nine minus three times a number is the same as six times the numberplus two.

Answer :

[tex]29\text{ - 3x = 6x + 2}[/tex]

Solving for x:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 6x\text{ + 2 = 29-3x} \\ 6x+3x\text{ = 29-2} \\ 9x\text{ = 27} \\ x\text{ =}\frac{27}{9}=3 \\ x=3 \end{gathered}[/tex]

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