Question

Please help
The difference between negative three times a number and five more than twice the number

Answer 1

difference between means - more than = + number = x

Answer 2

-3 * x (5 * 2)?
that doesnt look right.

Answer 3

(-3 * x) (5 *2x)
-3x - 2x = -5x - 5?
idk.

Answer 4

@satellite73 is this correct?

Answer 5

@jim_thompson5910 ?

Answer 6

@triciaal ?

Answer 7

\[\large -3n - (5 + 2n) \]

is this the expression?

Answer 8

well it looks right.. im not sure

Answer 9

well if this is the case then we an have an invisible one in front of the parenthesis
\[\large -3n - 1(5 + 2n) = -3 - 5 -2n \]

Answer 10

now what you have to do is combine the like terms.

Answer 11

-3 would be -3n right?

Answer 12

if so, -3n - 2n = -5n - 5 :)

Answer 13

remember that you only have -3 - 5 -2n