Question

The sum of twice a number and 4 less than than the number is the same difference between -32 and the number. What is the number?
I have an equation 2n + (n-4) = n - (-32) but not sure how to solve.

Answer 1

2n+(n-4) = n-(-32)
2n+n-4 = n+32

Answer 2

can you go from there?

Answer 3

first subtract n from both sides and add 4 to both sides and tell me what you get

Answer 4

2 = 36

Answer 5

2n+n-4-n=n+32-n
2n-4 = 32
2n-4+4 = 32+4
2n= 36
you lost the n somehow

Answer 6

then i take 36/2?

Answer 7

correct

Answer 8

so my answer would be 18