12 less than triple the difference of x and 10 is 24. Find the value of x.

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Answer 1

The  most important part is to be  able to be able to break down the words into numbers 

 

triple the difference of x and 10  = 3 ( x - 10) 

 

 

12 less than what we have above is 

 

 

3 ( x - 10 ) - 12 

 

Finally we equate this expression to 24 and finally solve the following equation for x

 

3x - 30 -12 = 24

 

 

Hope you can take it from here and hope my feedback was useful.

 

 

Mayuran

Answer 2

difference of x and 10: x - 10

triple the difference: 3(x - 10)

12 less: 3(x - 10) - 12

is 24: 3(x - 10) - 12 = 24