Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 8:13pm.
2x = 3(1/3x + 6)
2x = x + 18
x = 18
The question is bogus, there is no solution
Sierra read your question as "two times a number" but you said "two more than a number" , so it should be
x - 2 = 3((1/3)x + 6)
x-2 = x + 18
-2 = 18 , makes no sense !
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