Question

Eight times a number plus twice the same number is 50

Answer 1

8x+8=50?

Answer 2

"eight times a number" is 8x
"plus twice the same number" is + 2x
"is 50" is = 50

so 8x + 2x = 50 which can be simplified to 10x = 50 or x = 5

Answer 3

when it says same number isn't it 8?

Answer 4

it's referring to "a number" which is our variable, x

Answer 5

oh okay

Answer 6

whenever it says "number" and not an actual number, it's probably talking about a variable