If 3 is added to twice a number, the result is 17. Find the number

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Step-by-step explanation:

The text of this expression is:

"If 3 is added to twice a number, the result is 17. Find the number"

Let's call the number we want to find.

Twice the number is equal to

So, if we add 3 to 2x, we get

And we know that this is equal to 17:

Now we can solve the equation to find x: first, we subtract 3 from both sides

Now we divide both sides by 2: