Question

When you subtract 22 from a number and the result is doubled, the answer is 6 more than the original number. What is the number?

Answer 1

2*(n - 22) = n + 6
2n - 44 = n + 6
n - 44 = 6
n = 50

Answer 2

ok so we're going to say "a number" is x.

"when you subtract 22 from a number" we can write as x - 22

"and the result is doubled" 2(x - 22)

"the answer is 6 more than the original number" 2(x - 22) = x + 6

Answer 3

now you can use 2(x - 22) = x + 6, and solve for x